Homes & Communities Agency Home Building Fund

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1 Homes & Communities Agency Home Building Fund

2 Welcome

3 Homes & Communities Agency Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) administers Sponsors Government finance to help build more homes in England Department for Communities and Local Government Providing loans to Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and larger house builders for residential development and infrastructure projects 3

4 Fund Objectives The 3bn Home Building Fund, launched on 03 October 2016, has two main objectives: To increase housing supply in the short and long term To diversify the supplier base in housing Development Finance to build more homes Infrastructure Finance to unlock land for house building Supporting diversity and innovation 4

5 Eligibility Criteria Developments must be in England Borrower must be UK registered private sector entity Building minimum of 5 homes Loans from 250k upwards Applicants will be required to demonstrate that without this funding the scheme would not progress or progress as quickly 5

6 Key Features HCA support via recoverable investments aka loans Terms are up to 5 years for development finance and up to 20 years for infrastructure loans Support structured against cash flow requirements Minimum expected equity contribution 10-20% Land value (uplift) can be included as contribution 6

7 Key Features Sales income can be recycled to minimise the loan request Interest is payable at transparent, pre-agreed rates Subordinated / 2 nd charge lending will be considered Available to support PRS schemes 7

8 We have improved

9 Greater flexibility A single front door No bidding, no shortlisting, it starts with a conversation Less eligibility criteria Dedicated appetite to support new entrants and innovative solutions to house building 9

10 Changes in eligibility No 250 unit cap on development loans No 1,500 unit minimum on infrastructure loans Longer availability period than some previous programmes No restrictive lists of eligible costs 10

11 How we are making a difference 11

12 Case study French Fields, St Helens, Merseyside Custom build site. Loan request 291,000 Former commercial site Loan to remediate and put in infrastructure to service 18 plots Infrastructure start on site March 2015 completion Feb

13 Case study Conduit Lane, Hoddesdon, Herts Stalled brownfield site Listed building conversion plus new build to deliver 43 residential and 2 retail units 4.35m loan over 3 years for SME developer. Refining of existing lender Initial drawdown February 2016 completion scheduled October 2017 HCA are providing support to a second site - helping to grow the SMEs capacity 13

14 Case study Trecerus Farm, Padstow, Cornwall 23 acre strategic greenfield site HCA loan of 1.87m for the provision of 45 affordable and open market homes Funding has unlocked a stalled site Loan for 2 years Initial drawdown June 2015 completion scheduled December

15 Some of our partners 15 15

16 How to access the fund 16

17 Webpage - GOV.UK 17

18 Marketing Collateral The Home Building Fund will not have a traditional prospectus There is a downloadable booklet 18

19 How to apply for funding Home Building Fund Homes and Communities Agency Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF homebuildingfund@hca.gsi.gov.uk gov.uk/homebuildingfund Complete a short form to request a call back #homebuildingfund 19

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