Picture: CLAN, Yorkshire,
We can provide a comprehensive development service to groups. This includes:
- full project management services from inception to occupation
- land negotiation and bids
- funding and lending support
- financial viability and planning; procurement of contractors and other advisors
- crisis management and problem solving
People Powered Homes has a pool of highly skilled Community Led Housing advisors available, who work with organisations and groups from across the UK.
Our Associates
In addition to our staff we have a number of Associates who work for us. All our Associates are suitability qualified people who have experience of working on people powered housing.
Peg Alexander
After over 25 years at a senior level running charities and working in senior policy/ development roles the public sector , Peg has worked in community led housing for the last 2 years. She combines this with another career as a presenter and journalist on TV, radio, podcasts and live events including zooms.
Claude Hendrickson
Claude is the lead on our Cohesive Communities work.
He was the project manager on the Frontline community self build scheme in Leeds, which saw 12 unemployed African Caribbean men and their families build new homes for themselves. He has remained a passionate advocate for BAME & minority groups in terms of Community Led housing, and training/employment.
Claude brings knowledge and experience of working with BAME groups across the city as well as research and publication skills to help with this project.
He was commissioned in 2016/17 to produce a 10 year strategy for Leeds City Council (LCC) around self-build, custom build and community led housing. That report informed LCC’s housing strategy.
Become an associate
We need a bank of suitability qualified associates to be available to work for us – either working with groups or doing work for us directly.
Are you a northen based architectural designer?
Are you interested in working on community housing schemes with People Powered Homes?
We are putting together a designers register for our future projects and would love to hear from architects and designers who are already working in or would like to work in the field of community-led housing.
First step is to fill in our contact form HERE
