ER21 Community housing providers, procurement and the building industry (December 2016)

This report looks at the procurement processes and relationship that community housing providers have with the building industry.

It presents an analysis of in-depth interviews with 17 community housing providers who have built new residential dwellings either on greenfields or redeveloped sites from 2014. Together, these housing providers built around 751 new stock units over that period. That stock supports low-income and vulnerable people through secure and affordable rental housing, rent for buy and shared ownership.

The community housing providers participating in this research represent national organisations as well as community housing providers that target their local areas. Some have large existing stocks, while others are new-comers to building and delivering housing. All have experiences that shine a light on effective procurement and the way in which the building industry and the community housing sector can get the best from each other.