Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026

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The Mayor of London launched the Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 Funding Guidance on 24 November 2020.

This Funding Guidance will help housing associations and local authorities to build new affordable homes in London. The Funding Guidance explains how to bid for capital funding from the Mayor and sets out key funding requirements.

If you have any questions about the Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 Funding Guidance please email [email protected]. If you are already an Investment Partner with the GLA, please contact your Area Manager.

• FAQs and other guidance materials (to be uploaded shortly)
• Relevant updates to the Affordable Housing Capital Funding Guide
• New funding agreement templates (to be uploaded shortly)
• New GLA Open Project System (OPS) requirements (to be uploaded shortly)
• Flexibilities to AHP21-26 Programme
• New February 2024 Accelerated Funding Route

Bidding

Following the confirmation of the approved programme with existing contracted partners in July 2023, the programme is now open to new bids via Continuous Market Engagement (CME). Please discuss any proposed projects with the GLA before submitting. The priorities for the remaining programme are:

1. Estate Regeneration projects, particularly those offering high levels of additionality (new homes over and above those being replaced)
2. Increasing the proportion of social rented homes in the programme to meet London’s most acute need
3. Homes that can start in 2023/24 to accelerate the programme
4. Supported and specialist provision for vulnerable Londoners.

Assessment of new bids will commence week commencing 4^th September and continue until the programme is fully allocated.

Bids for the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 must be submitted through the GLA’s Open Project System (GLA OPS). Register and learn more about OPS, or sign in to OPS. Please use the AHP 21-26 OPS User Guide to help submit your bid.

Organisations not currently registered to use GLA OPS are advised to request access using the details provided at the following link: https://ops.london.gov.uk/#/home.

Find out more about becoming a GLA Investment Partner.

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The GLA will assign a lead GLA officer to each organisation and provide further details about the bidding process. When sending an email to register, bidders should provide the following information:

• The bidding organisation name and address
• Current Registered Provider code (if you have one)
• Current GLA OPS organisation code (if you have one)
• Name, email address and telephone number of your organisation’s lead contact person to receive information regarding the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 bidding process.

Bids for the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 are expected to be submitted through the GLA’s Open Project System (GLA OPS). Bidders will be provided with further information about specific GLA OPS requirements when the system is open for bidding and, in advance of this, information will be made available to assist with assembling bidding information for project proposals.

Organisations not currently registered to use GLA OPS are advised to request access using the details provided at the following link: https://ops.london.gov.uk/#/home.

Allocations

On 31 August 2021, the Mayor announced funding allocations following the first funding round. The allocations will see an estimated £3.4bn invested in 29,456 affordable homes being built. The money represents the first funding round of the new AHP, with London given £4bn by the government to spend between 2021 and 2026.

Register and learn more about OPS, or sign in to OPS.
Find out more about becoming a GLA Investment Partner.