July 4, 2023
New awards made to tackle veteran homelessness across the UK
Veterans Capital Housing Fund launches first programmes
The Trust is delighted to announce two exciting new programmes under the Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund that will help increase the stock of housing available to veterans.
The grants we award under these programmes will enable homes for veterans with a housing need to be brought up to date through a refurbishment grant, or will support organisations with the early-stage development of more complex building projects.
Refurbishing existing Veteran’s housing
The Refurbishment Grants Programme will award grants of up to £75,000 for projects that will refurbish or extend existing accommodation for veterans. This could be transitional or permanent housing. Permanent housing can only include properties that are available to veterans under a social rent, or are part of a wider facility that provides a rented home to a veteran with the tailored support that meets their needs (this can include care homes).
You can apply to this programme if your project will:
- enable refurbishments of existing affordable homes for rent to veterans
- enable refurbishments of sites that increase the availability of veteran housing
- ensure properties meet decent homes and energy efficiency standards.
Help with development costs
The Development Grants Programme can help if you would like to apply for costs of getting a building idea to provide new housing for veterans to the stage where on site works could start. Grants of up to £25,000 are available for projects lasting up to one year.
You can apply to this programme if:
- Your project is at an early stage of development; and
- You require funding for professional support costs such as architects, qualified construction project managers or quantity surveyors, to develop detailed building plans and cost assessments for projects that would provide additional capacity in services for veterans who are at risk of homelessness.
This is a development grant programme – grants cannot be used for direct capital costs to create or refurbish buildings.
Deadlines and how to apply
There will be two rounds of each of these funding programmes this year. If you have a project at a mature stage of development, you could consider applying to the first round. This will enable you to have a decision in 2023.
If you apply by 23 October 2023, you’ll receive a decision before the end of December 2023.
If you apply by 8 January 2024, you’ll receive a decision before the end of March 2024
You can find full details of each programme, eligibility and how to apply on our dedicated programme pages below:
About the Veterans Capital Housing Fund
The Trust is delivering the Veterans Capital Housing Fund on behalf of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs. The Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund supports projects that contribute to the wider aim of ending veterans’ homelessness by providing affordable and viable homes for veterans.
More programmes will open under this Fund later in 2023 for larger new build or major refurbishment capital projects.