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Moving into Kingsley Hall meant my kids finally had a stable home with somewhere to play right outside the door. Two years on, my eldest just started secondary school.
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Mariama A.Resident · Kingsley Hall
100% locally rooted
Modular methods
Homes with purpose
Together We Build, House, and Heal.
A faith-rooted UK initiative unlocking under-used church land for affordable homes and community hubs that actually serve the people next door.
Housing Communities · Wave 1, 2026–2028
Building 240 homes across 4 churches.
Wave 1 commits £72m across four London boroughs — affordable homes, childcare, social supermarkets and meeting rooms, side by side.
See Wave 1 projects4Borough partners
≤80%Of market rent
2031300+ homes goal
Our impact
Three chronic problems. One integrated answer.
We tackle a shortage of homes at affordable rents, communities diminishing as community spaces decline, and churches striving to serve their neighbourhoods from inadequate buildings. Through innovative partnership and close collaboration, we unlock the potential of appropriate under-used church land and transform the asset into vibrant, reimagined housing alongside community hub facilities.
300+
New affordable homes built and owned by us, by 2031
1,000+
People in need housed and looked after
4
Church & community facilities revitalised across 4 boroughs
Explore
What you'll find across our work.
A few doorways into the rest of the site — read on for the full story behind the people, the partnerships, the schemes and the next chapter.
Who we are
Solution-bringers. An umbrella brand of task-specific not-for-profit companies, united by experienced professionals and a common goal — delivery.
Meet the team
What we do
Three companies, one mission. CIHT champions the breakthrough, CCHA holds and manages the homes, the local church grounds it all.
See the model
Projects
Kingsley Hall in Dagenham is open and working. Wave 1 commits £72m across four London boroughs for 240 more homes by 2028.
Browse Wave 1
Get Involved
Four ways in.
Partner with us
You have land, vision, or a church needing renewal. We bring the model, the team and the funding.
Start a conversationInvest in the next wave
CIHT raises patient capital that funds new schemes. Real impact, real returns, full transparency.
See the prospectusVolunteer
Trustee experience, MMC expertise, hands-on hours at a community hub. Lots of useful shapes.
See current rolesStay informed
Quarterly updates on schemes, lessons from the build, and stories from the residents themselves.
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Frequently asked
Questions we hear a lot.
What does "affordable rent" actually mean for your homes?
Rents are capped at no more than 80% of the local market rate, and mostly sit well below that — set scheme by scheme based on local incomes. Tenancies are long, and we're a registered provider, so there's no shifting goalposts.
Why partner with churches specifically?
UK churches sit on land in some of the most deprived neighbourhoods — exactly where homes and community spaces are needed most. They're already trusted locally and already there. Our model unlocks that land for housing without compromising the church's mission.
How are projects funded?
CIHT raises and channels the capital through a mix of patient investment, grants from bodies like Homes England, and long-term mortgages held by CCHA. Surpluses are reinvested back into new schemes.
Can my church work with you?
If your church has land, vision and need — yes. Start with a conversation: we'll explore feasibility together, with no commitment, before anything's signed. Get in touch and we'll arrange a call within a fortnight.
How do you choose where to build?
We focus on deprived areas where there's both housing need and a willing partner church with appropriate land. Wave 1 is across four London boroughs; Wave 2 will extend across southern England.
Resources
Reports, briefings, and guides.
Everything we publish, free to read. Useful if you're considering partnering with us or briefing your trustees.
PDF
Annual Impact Report 2025
How Wave 1 progressed, what we learned, and where the next pound goes.
4.2 MB · 48 pages
PDF
Partner Church Guide
What partnership with Housing Communities looks like in practice — for ministers and PCCs.
1.8 MB · 22 pages
PDF
Modern Methods Briefing
How modular construction delivers faster, greener, and more affordably than traditional builds.
980 KB · 16 pages
PDF
Investor Prospectus
The CIHT investment case: how returns and impact pair, and what the next wave needs.
3.4 MB · 36 pages
Upcoming
Come and see for yourself.
Open days, briefings and consultations. Free to attend — RSVP keeps a seat for you.
Latest from the blog
News & insights.
Lessons from the build, partner stories, and the bigger picture of where housing in the UK is heading.
Why modular methods change the housing-rate equation.
Faster builds and predictable costs let us keep rents capped at well below 80% of market — here's the maths behind it.
Read articleInside Wave 1: where the next 240 homes will rise.
A tour through the four schemes already in motion across Dagenham, Croydon, Lewisham and Hounslow.
Read articleThe faith case for affordable housing.
Why hundreds of UK churches are sitting on the answer to the housing crisis — and how we help them act on it.
Read article
Voices
The people behind the numbers.
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We had a building costing more than it gave back. The new community hub and homes have brought our church and the neighbourhood back into the same conversation.
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Rev. James O.Partner Church · Dagenham
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This is the model that actually gets affordable homes built where they're needed — because the church already owns the land and is already trusted by the community.
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Evette ProutDirector · Housing Communities
Wave 1 Schemes
Four schemes. £72m in motion.
Each Wave 1 project is led by a local church, delivered by CCHA, and funded through CIHT. Browse live status and progress below.
Construction · Q3 2026
Dagenham
Kingsley Hall
View scheme
Planning · 2026
Croydon
St Mary's
View scheme
Design
Lewisham
Trinity Park
View scheme
Land Secured
Hounslow
Hounslow Vine Church
View scheme
Our Approach
From under-used land to homes that work — in four steps.
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Step 01
Land
A partner church identifies under-used land or buildings they're ready to reimagine. We assess feasibility together — no commitment, no cost.
- Free initial feasibility review
- Vision aligned with the church's mission
02
Step 02
Design
We co-design homes and community spaces around what the local neighbourhood actually needs. Residents and church leaders shape the brief alongside our architects.
- Community co-design workshops
- Passive House sustainability standards
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Step 03
Build
Modern Methods of Construction deliver fast, sustainable building with quality you can stand behind. Off-site precision means faster timelines and less neighbourhood disruption.
- Off-site precision manufacturing
- Net-zero ready energy performance
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Step 04
Live
Residents move in, the community hub opens, and the church's mission gains a new chapter. Long-term tenancies, fair rents, real homes.
- Long-term affordable tenancies
- Active community hub on every site
02 — The Model
Three commitments that have to overlap.
The work only holds where all three are present. Where any one partner withdraws, the project becomes something else — a speculative development, a parish project, or a community group without a building. Together, they hold.
Faith
Housing
Community
Where the three meet, the work begins.
- Faith
- Host congregations contribute land, conviction and a local memory of the place. Their buildings remain in use; their legacy is preserved, not redeveloped away.
- Housing
- The Church Community Housing Association — a registered provider — holds the long-term mortgages, directs the construction process and manages the homes after completion.
- Community
- Local authorities grant the permissions and partner on the public realm. Residents shape the brief, sit on the local charity board, and make the place a community rather than a scheme.
Who We Are
Three problems. One faithful answer.
Britain is short of affordable homes. Communities are fraying. And churches sit on land they can't fully use. We bring those three things into the same room.
Affordable homes that actually are affordable
Rents capped at 80% of market — often well below. Built with Modern Methods of Construction so we deliver faster, greener, and at genuinely fair prices.
Communities that thrive together
Every scheme is built around a hub — childcare, social supermarkets, kitchens, meeting rooms. The homes pay the rent; the neighbourhood gets the lift.
Churches reimagined
Tired buildings replaced with modern, mission-fit space. Congregations get a future-proof home; the wider community gets a place that finally fits.
The Team
Meet the people who built this.
Decades of housing, design and faith-leadership experience, pulling in the same direction.
MP
Mark PotterNon-Exec Chair
AW
Alastair WatsonDirector
EP
Evette ProutDirector
DK
Devan KanthasamyCEO
Flagship Project
A pilot that proves the model.
Kingsley Hall · Dagenham
Where the model lives in real life.
- 36 new affordable homes
- Childcare spaces for local families
- Social supermarket on-site
- Street kitchen serving the neighbourhood
- Meeting rooms for community use
Why Choose Us
Trusted delivery.
A governance model built for churches and a development model built for cities. The two halves work because the structure works.
Licensed & verified
CCHA is a Regulator-of-Social-Housing registered provider. Every scheme meets statutory standards.
Confidential governance
Three interlocking companies separate funding, delivery, and the local congregation's role.
Personalised partnership
Every scheme is shaped by the local church and the people who live around the site. No templates.
Who We Are
Three problems. One faithful answer.
Britain is short of affordable homes. Communities are fraying. And churches sit on land they can't fully use. We bring those three things into the same room.
Affordable homes that actually are affordable
Rents capped at 80% of market — often well below. Built with Modern Methods of Construction so we deliver faster, greener, and at genuinely fair prices.
Communities that thrive together
Every scheme is built around a hub — childcare, social supermarkets, kitchens, meeting rooms. The homes pay the rent; the neighbourhood gets the lift.
Churches reimagined
Tired buildings replaced with modern, mission-fit space. Congregations get a future-proof home; the wider community gets a place that finally fits.
Stay in the loop
Get updates on our next wave.
Quarterly updates on new schemes, partner churches and lessons from the build. No spam — just real progress.