page_title: Community-led housing
section_title: Key principles
hierarchical_section_title: Community-led housing / Key principles
caption_attribution_description: English: Volunteer working to renovate an empty home in a community-led housing project in the north of England
context_page_description: Community-led housing is where people and communities play a leading role in addressing their own housing needs. The route taken depends on things like the nature of the demand, available resources, location and type of activity. Approaches encompass new build, regeneration and the use of existing buildings. Community-led housing groups may form on the basis of a geographical connection or something else they have in common. There is no definitive definition of the term, yet there have been attempts to provide clarity by identifying key principles which underpin all community-led housing activity.
context_section_description: In 2016 key principles for community-led housing were developed collaboratively with several organisations representing community-led housing as part of an alliance building activity coordinated by Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF).
  The key principles are:
  The community is integrally involved throughout the process in key decisions like what is provided, where, and for who. They don't necessarily have to initiate the conversation, or build homes themselves.
  There is a presumption that the community group will take a long term formal role in the ownership, stewardship or management of the homes.
  The benefits of the scheme to the local area and/or specified community group are clearly defined and legally protected in perpetuity.
  Individual schemes are designed to fit the needs of the communities involved and achieve specific outcomes and wider benefits.
caption: A volunteer working to renovate an empty home with Canopy Housing, a community-led housing project in the North of England[18]
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