This page outlines some of the key funding opportunities for new communities that are currently open for applications and relevant for new communities.
We will do our best to ensure that these are kept up to date, so please check this page regularly.
For more information about these opportunities, get in touch with Homes England or the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Last updated: 22/01/2025
Current funding opportunities include:
| Sector | Name of the fund | Department/ Agency | Further information | Timescale |
| Transport | Grant schemes for electric vehicle charging infrastructure | Office of Zero Emission Vehicles | Grants to support the wider use of electric and hybrid vehicles | Various |
| Housing | Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund | Homes England | Funding to unlock housing/ mix-use sites where brownfield, infrastructure or land projects face delivery and/or viability challenges. | Various |
| Housing | Home Building Fund | Homes England | Aimed at private sector businesses to build new homes or prepare sites for development | Rolling basis |
| Housing | Levelling Up Home Building Fund | Homes England | Fund providing loans to support small and medium size enterprises and housebuilders. | Rolling basis |
| Housing | Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026 | Homes England | Grant funding to support the capital costs of developing affordable housing for rent or sale | Funding decisions will be made on a regular basis |
| Nature | England Woodland Creation Offer | Forestry Commission | Funding to support the creation of new woodland, on areas as small as 1 hectare. | Closing date the 5th April 2025 |
Funding announcements
Below are some of the announcements from the Government relating to funding for new homes.
| Name of the fund | Announcement | Department/Agency | Where | When |
| Homes England and Invest Fun Lending Alliance | Homes England and Invest Fund have announced the expansion of their funding scheme to support SME housebuilders. | Homes England | GOV News | 16th January 2025 |
| Oaktree Capital Management, Greycoat Real Estate and Homes England master developer joint venture | Homes England announce the launch of a £250 million master developer joint venture, designed to unlock and accelerate large-scale development sites across England. | Homes England | Gov News | 19 December 2024 |
| Home Building Fund | The Government has guaranteed to extend the Home Building fund beyond March 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | GOV News | 13 December 2024 |
| Newstead SME Real Estate Lending Fund (RELF) | Homes England and partners have contributed £80 million to the fund. The fund aims to support SME housebuilders. | Homes England | GOV News | 23rd May 2023 |
| The Digital Planning Programme | DLUHC announced 15 councils had been awarded a total of £3.2 million, as part of their scheme to help digitalise the planning system | Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | GOV Blogs | 23 March 2023 |
| Garden Communities Funding | The Government announced £15 million of funding for it’s Garden Communities Programme, bringing the schemes total funding to £69 million. | Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | GOV News | 21st May 2022 |
| Land Release Fund (LRF) and the One Public Estate (OPE) programme | Additional £30 million to help release surplus land for housing and support local economies to bounce back from the pandemic. | Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government | Speech at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference | 9th September |
| Funding for active travel | £2 billion package to create new era for cycling and walking as part of £5 billion funding announced for cycling and buses in February | Department for Transport | GOV news | 9th May 2020 |
| Housing Infrastructure Fund | £1.1 billion for nine different areas including Manchester, South Sunderland and South Lancaster | HM Treasury | Budget 2020 | March 2020 |
| Affordable Homes Fund | £12.2 billion for the Affordable Homes Programme | HM Treasury | Budget 2020 | March 2020 |
| Garden Communities Funding | *£6 million will be allocated to help new locally-led garden towns and villages progress plans to deliver up to 200,000 new homes.*An additional £1.9 million will be given to councils in England to support new neighbourhood plans. | Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government | Press release MHCLG website | January 2020 |
