Deadline: 9 January 2026
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government is now accepting applications for its Social Housing Innovation Fund – Prospectus.
The fund is designed to support creative approaches that enhance how tenants interact with landlords, give their voices greater weight, and help ensure under-represented groups in social housing are better heard and supported.
Applicants can seek grants of up to £100,000, with most awards expected in the range of £60,000 to £100,000, and a total budget of around £1 million available for the 2025-26 financial year. Projects must be ready to go soon after selection and conclude within approximately a year. They must be co-produced with tenants and involve genuine tenant participation in design and delivery.
Eligible bodies include registered social housing providers (local authority or private), tenant management organisations, arms-length management organisations and groups representing tenants, provided they are legally constituted as companies limited by guarantee, community interest companies, community benefit societies or charitable incorporated organisations. Partnerships and consortia are welcomed, as long as one eligible organisation leads the application and bears accountability.
The fund emphasises projects that are truly new or significantly improved, not simply business-as-usual. That means entrants should propose fresh tools, technologies, partnerships or delivery models that challenge conventional practice in tenant engagement and landlord-tenant communication. The ambition is to create learning that benefits the entire sector and leads to scalable change.
Projects selected through this fund offer an exciting chance to transform resident voice in social housing, elevate service responsiveness and embed tenant perspectives at the heart of decision-making. Organisations with strong tenant collaboration, bold ideas and readiness to act quickly are well placed to make the most of this timely grant opportunity.
For more information, visit GOV.UK.