Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021: guidance
This programme aims to increase the supply of Shared Ownership and other affordable homes in England by March 2021.
In April 2016 bidding was opened to the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 (SOAHP 2016 to 2021) through publication of a prospectus.
Initial allocations of capital grant for new affordable housing schemes were announced on 5 January 2017. As planned these did not allocate all of the available budget, with £1.3 billion remaining available.
Continuous market engagement
Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, delivered on the 23 November 2016, the government reaffirmed its continued commitment to extending home ownership, including through the SOAHP 2016 to 2021, announcing:
- an additional £1.4 billion to deliver a further 40,000 affordable homes (some of this budget will be allocated by the Greater London Authority (GLA) for homes in London, rather than through the SOAHP 2016 to 2021)
- the availability of grant for Affordable Rent schemes
In line with this commitment and as signalled in the SOAHP 2016 to 2021 Prospectus, the HCA is reopening bidding for funding to develop additional affordable housing through a continuous market engagement (CME) process. The available funding includes both the £1.3 billion which was not allocated at the initial bid round and a share, to be determined, of the £1.4 billion announced at the Autumn Statement, for new affordable homes outside London.
Funding outside London will be allocated by Homes England through the 2016 to 2021 Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme. A separate programme for London will be delivered by the GLA.
Full details of the CME process and how to bid for funding are published in the 2016 to 2021 Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme addendum to the prospectus. Publication of the addendum signals the start of continuous bidding. We are not setting a closing date for applications at this time.
Homes England welcomes bids from organisations which have not previously received funding.
Addendum to the Prospectus
On 26 June 2018, an addendum to the SOAHP prospectus was published. This addendum invites bids against the available funding for the range of tenures available, including Social Rent.
Bidding will be assessed on an on-going basis in a process of Continuous Market Engagement (CME). The Addendum sets out further details of the CME process. The Prospectus remains the key document for the SOAHP 2016 to 2021: its content stands unless explicitly amended (such as the January 2017 Addendum), and providers should ensure they read the Prospectus alongside both Addendums.
Bidding documents
Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 standard form contract
The Heads of Terms for the standard form of contract for organisations awarded an allocation from the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021.
Allocation Updates
We will publish updates for the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021.
Updates to this page
Last updated 11 February 2020 + show all updates
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we have added the document: Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 summary: end of September 2019.
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We have updated the allocation update section to reflect latest update.
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We have replaced data from December 2017 with current data from March 2018 in the Allocation updates section.
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Updated to include most recent data in the 'Allocation updates' section.
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Added a new guidance document.
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Added new guidance documents: 'Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 contract for registered providers' and 'Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 contract for registered providers consortium'.
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Added Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 contract for RP consortium.
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Added new heads of terms to contracts.
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Added the IMS training for bidders document to the collection.
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First published.