Diaspora Community Housing

Diaspora Community Housing CIC is a community-led organisation with a passion to develop affordable homes.

This community-led organisation activities contributes to the provision of affordable housing benefit low and middle income to the diaspora and other low- and medium-income communities (target communities) in the UK who are at unable to afford to buy or rent proper and adequate housing because of the very high rents and prices prevailing in the UK.

We undertake rehabilitation of empty or derelict buildings and bringing them back into use for community benefit. This includes dilapidated or empty houses, garages, churches, public libraries, community centres etc

We also undertake all aspects of building work with a full-service approach, offering customers new build, maintenance, refurbishment, structural alterations, project management, major groundworks and all other general building work, covering all disciplines.

Due to our strong client relationships and emphasis on client care, we have developed a unique service experience for all our customers, with a one-to-one bespoke approach which is why we retain them. We are committed to delivering the best possible service, which exceeds all of your expectations with high standards of Health & Safety conformity.

We provide a range of services from new build projects to loft and basement conversions, Commercial refurbishment projects and compliance work. Not only do we do this in a professional and efficient manner, but we make sure all work we do is elegant, stylish and suits your needs and requirements.

So if you are looking for a reputed and reliable contractor in the South East and London look no further.

We combine our knowledge and expertise with domestic and commercial projects to enable our clients to achieve the completion of their projects on time, within budget and to the highest standard.

Every project we undertake is completed with the utmost integrity and dedication. So why not join our clients and see how we can make a difference to you.Please feel free to browse through our website

If you would like to contact Diaspora Community Housing CIC for any enquiry, please use the details below or fill out the form on the website and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Our mission, vision and values

The mission of Diaspora Community Housing CIC is to contribute to the national affordable housing scarcity by providing community-led solutions to this endemic problem. We shall use the power of our financial, manpower and unity of our community to contribute to the development of community-led affordable housing in across the UK. We shall seek out vacant land in the cheaper areas of the UK, use the professional manpower in our organization, seek out cheaper sources of financing so that we can provide houses that are below market prices.

We have a passion in tackling poverty, risk of falling into poverty and lifting communities out of the benefits culture by investing in and running shops, car garages, post offices, pubs, training centres, supermarkets, estate agents, community centres and other businesses

Our priorities

Our four priorities show the areas we’ll focus on for the next three years to help us achieve our mission:

Develop and deliver reliably good modern services
We’ll make our services easy to use and will get it right first time. We put the most vulnerable first so we make sure we’re providing the support our vulnerable residents need.

Build and maintain the best quality developments
We design, build and maintain homes and neighbourhoods which people are proud to live in. We invest in the areas where we operate over a long period of time – creating great places to live. We’re proud to offer affordable homes, and we’re committed to social rent.

Work with local communities and build long-term partnerships
We help people, households and communities to be more resilient, so that people are better able to handle life’s challenges, keep their tenancies and live independent and happy lives.

Grow and use our position of influence to create positive change
We reach more people as we get bigger – in terms of the services we provide, the homes we can build and the voice we can bring to the housing debate. We’re able to tell the stories of our residents and customers and make sure their voices are heard.

Ways of working

There are three elements which bring to life how we deliver our priorities:

Values

Our employees have helped define the value of the new organisation.

We will be :