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Financing homebuilding and regeneration

Guidance on economic appraisals, delivery mechanisms, how to source funding for your project, the procurement process, partnerships and financial viability.

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Funding

Guidance on government-funded grants and loans, and examples of how funds have benefited homebuilders鈥� projects.

One Public Estate (OPE) has developed the .

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office (UKDMO) has developed , and its provision of loans to local authorities and other specified bodies for capital projects.

The United Trust Bank has provided . It鈥檚 designed to improve financial support for small and medium-sized house builders and developers, providing construction loans between 拢1 million and 拢10 million.

Invest and Fund have developed their headline offer in partnership with Homes England, with

The Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) invests in , taking on numerous housing tenures and deal structures to support their partners.

Newstead Capital provide lending opportunities in private debt and their was created alongside a 拢30 million investment from Homes England, with the aim to provide loan capital to the small and medium-sized enterprise residential housebuilding sector.

Watch these , which is an online portal for submitting bids for and claiming grant funding.

Economic appraisal

Guidance on economically appraising your project and getting a good deal from public expenditure.

The Northern Ireland Department of Finance has published .

The Construction Innovation Hub鈥檚 Value Toolkit Resource Library is .

The National Housing Federation (NHF) has .

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has .

Financial viability

Guidance on determining if your project is financially viable, including key viability principles, how to carry out a viability assessment, cost modelling and information on how to undertake a development appraisal.

Watch these Homes England videos on viability and development appraisals:

Knight Frank鈥檚 provides information on the housing sector, assessing its performance and providing analysis of economic trends.

Costmodelling has developed .

Cost estimation

Guidance on what cost estimation is, principles for cost estimating best practices, and processes you should follow to produce robust and transparent cost estimates.

Delivery mechanisms

Guidance on delivery models, land value capture, requirements for strategic partnerships with Homes England, and registering and de-registering as a provider of social housing.

You will also find information on place-based approaches to delivery, what contract documents for suppliers look like, selecting appropriate building contracts for your development, and information on the purchase and repair scheme.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has .

Watch this .

Delivery Partner Dynamic Purchasing System

Guidance on how to use the Delivery Partner Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), how to apply for it and how your application is processed.

Watch this .

Procurement

Guidance on different technical and professional frameworks, public procurement policy and various contractual conditions for goods and services.

You can also find further guidance on sourcing and contracting public works, as well as information on tendering.

The Crown Commercial Service has commercial agreements you can access to support your project:

  • 鈥� public sector access to the design, fabrication, physical delivery, construction or installation and maintenance of prefabricated buildings
  • 鈥� access for central government and wider public-sector organisations to buy a range of expert professional and technical construction services
  • 鈥� access for central government and wider public-sector organisations to buy housing maintenance and repair services

The London Housing Consortium (LHC) has .

The Housing Forum has published .

Watch this .

The is the UK-wide notice service for public procurement.

Updates to this page

Published 25 July 2023
Last updated 10 December 2024 show all updates
  1. In 'Financial viability' 2 links to Public Practice resources have been removed. In 'Delivery mechanisms' a link to guidance on the purchase and repair scheme from Notting Hill Genesis has been removed.

  2. Added the Affordable Homes evaluation scoping report to the Funding section, and removed reference to Designing Buildings under Procurement.

  3. Text for Designing Buildings in the Delivery Mechanisms section removed.

  4. A link to the Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund guidance page has been added to the collection under 'Funding'.

  5. First published.