Roundtable: Faith-owned assets for social and community homes

Join the Bevan Foundation to share your thoughts on optimising the use of faith-owned assets to boost the supply of social and community homes 

What’s it about?

The need for social housing is greater than ever with a record number of households living in temporary accommodation – accounting for one in every 215 households across Wales. Just at a time when social and community homes are needed the most, they are the most difficult to deliver. One of the main barriers is the availability of sites in the places where homes are needed.  

Housing Justice Cymru’s Faith in Affordable Housing project has been promoting the potential of sites owned by faith-based organisations and brokering arrangements with registered social landlords and community groups to develop it.  

Churches and chapels are just one of a whole host of community assets which may no longer be viable for their current purpose. Social housing can provide a future use for an important building in a community’s landscape as well as much needed affordable, secure homes. There is considerable potential to develop and scale up this work, but specific challenges in relation to the working with older buildings and the land surrounding them. 

Join the Bevan Foundation and Housing Justice Cymru for our roundtable discussion on Wednesday 15th January to explore this further. At the roundtable you will have an opportunity to:  

• Discuss the potential of land held by different types of social and public owners to create social and community-led housing  

• Share your thoughts on the barriers to this potential being unlocked and how they can be overcome .

Who should attend?

The event is by invitation only. Invites will be sent to organisations and individuals who have an interest in the area. If you have an interest and have not received an invite then we would be delighted if you could join the roundtable by contacting us. Due to limited space, places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.  

Attendance is free.

Date: Wednesday 15th January 2025

Time: 14:00 – 15:30

Location: Zoom

This research is being supported by the Nationwide Foundation.