PPR’s work to create affordable housing in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was recently highlighted in a beautiful opera called ‘Nobody/Somebody’. Click here to watch powerful scenes from the show and learn more.
A safe and secure home helps build strong communities where everyone can thrive and live dignified lives. However, far too many people are under constant pressure of losing their home. Given that the gap between income and homes that are affordable is growing, our focus is primarily on people who are most excluded from housing opportunity. Homelessness is preventable. This is why we support not-for-profit organisations that are ambitious in their strategies to end homelessness and create housing opportunity – from testing new approaches to scaling up what works. Our programme has a deep commitment to strengthening the voices of people with lived experience and a focus on efforts that contribute towards change at a systemic level.
Where we fund Oak’s Housing and Homelessness Programme funds in the US and the UK. We make local grants in the US to organisations in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. In the UK, we fund organisations in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Bristol, London, and the West Midlands. In addition, we fund organisations that work nationally in the US and the UK.
What we fund
We support efforts that help renters on low incomes access decent homes at genuinely affordable rent levels. This includes promoting fairer tenancy agreements, ending unfair evictions, and challenging discrimination that excludes people from accessing affordable and safe homes.
We support efforts that seek to improve the supply of homes that are affordable for people with the lowest income and/or facing the most discrimination. This includes supporting different models of community ownership that benefit those with the greatest housing need and empowering communities to build the case for more homes that meet housing needs.
We support efforts that empower and support people with complex needs through services that break the cycle of homelessness. This includes developing research and engagement strategies to prevent all forms of homelessness and improving equitable access to supported housing and suitable accommodations.
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