Building Back Britain – in support of retrofit
The cost-of-living crisis is set to deepen as we head into the autumn, with energy bills expected to rise to £3,000 a year for the average household. Fuel poverty is usually attributed to three key factors: the level of household income, the quality of housing in terms of energy efficiency and the cost of energy […]
SASC invests £3.25m in Trinity Homeless Projects in West London to provide affordable homes in Hillingdon
Trinity Homeless Projects, a charity in the London Borough of Hillingdon committed to ending homelessness, has received a social investment loan of £3.25 million from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) from its Third Sector Investment Fund (TSIF). This is the first time Trinity taken on social investment and it has enabled them to purchase and […]
SASC invests £2.05 million in London-based Peter Bedford Housing Association to support socially excluded adults
Peter Bedford Housing Association (PBHA), which provides housing and support services to people who have suffered social exclusion in Hackney and Islington in London, has received a social investment loan of £2.05 million from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC). Set up in 1971, PBHA is a Registered Provider (Housing Association) and provides housing with support […]
My time at SASC
Over the past 18 months, the team at SASC has grown by almost 100% with new finance and legal staff, and expanded investment and portfolio management teams. At SASC we encourage our staff to grow, develop their careers, and feel proud of being part of a company that works with outstanding frontline and community organisations. […]
Comparing models for financing Transitional Supported Housing (5)
Transitional Supported Housing (TSH) involves providing two different services, as the name suggests. Support and housing are quite different things and providing them involves different skills and different types of finance. In the past they have often been separated, so that one organisation provides the housing and another provides the support services. This can make […]
Social and sustainable: why owning can be better than renting for supported housing providers (4)
Supported housing is one of the most vital parts of the social safety net, but also one of the least-well understood. It combines appropriate support services with decent, stable homes for people who need some support to lead independent lives – and so saves a fortune on more expensive acute services. The majority of supported […]
Hidden Charity Champions (3)
An under-recognised cohort of local supported housing charities is already doing the hard work of levelling up – and could do a lot more. This government staked its political future on ‘levelling up’ Britain – meaning reducing geographic inequalities by improving left behind places and the lives lived in them. As the recent Levelling Up […]
Housing crisis? Which housing crisis? (2)
In the second of our series of blogs about the Transitional Supported Housing (TSH) sector we outline how this critical but small part of the overall housing sector often gets lost in the ongoing debate about the general needs housing crisis. Everyone knows there is a housing crisis – or rather, that there are […]
A new way to finance supported housing (1)
Wee are publishing a series of blogs covering the specific role and importance of Transitional Supported Housing (TSH) as a subsector of the supported housing market. These articles show how our fund Social and Sustainable Housing (SASH) addresses the needs of the organisations working within the sector. SASH was launched in 2019 after conversations with […]
Social and Sustainable Capital seeks housing charities in Southwest England to benefit from new £125m housing fund
SASC appoints Simon Sotomey as Chief Financial Officer
A focus on growth as we celebrate achievements in 2021
December 20, 2021 by Lauren Rae
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