The Unity Community Development Consortium was set up in May 2021 by Leeds-based BME housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise. The consortium has since expanded its membership to include Chartford Housing, Manningham Housing Association, Harrogate Housing, and Hull and East Yorkshire Mind. Unity has also been supporting Pickering and Ferens Homes to deliver new properties in Hull.
has been granted Investment Partner status by the government’s housing and regeneration agency, Homes England, which allows it to apply for grant funding to deliver new properties through the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026 and the Rough Sleepers and Single Homelessness Programmes, providing much needed affordable accommodation for some of the most vulnerable people in the region.
has been “hugely beneficial.” She continued: “We are a small organisation which manages more than 600 properties across West Yorkshire. “Through our involvement as a founder member of the consortium, Chartford has developed four flats for homeless people and secured capital and revenue funding of over £2 million to deliver a further 22 new properties.
more recently. Its CEO, Lee Bloomfield, said: “We were seeking to reboot our development plans and the support from and Wayne has been vital in progressing these. “The result has been the stock transfer of 18 houses and the acquisition of a further 14 properties through Home England’s Purchase and Repair programme. “On top of these achievements, we have concluded a deal to purchase 20 new homes and remain in negotiations to secure a further 30 properties.”