Access to secure and quality housing is becoming increasingly challenging. We’re uniquely placed to enact change and want to explore the opportunities to increase access to the benefits of home ownership, including through shared ownership, supporting a quality rental and social housing sector, taking the building of housing that supports inclusive communities further, and increasing the availability of specialist housing.

We have supported more than £12 billion in funding to first time buyers in 2023.

Social housing is an integral part of the UK’s housing landscape with millions of people benefiting from stable and genuinely affordable homes. In 2023, we supported £2.7 billion of new funding to the social housing sector.

Our contribution to the housing market

£12bn+
funding to first time buyers in 2023

£10bn
of mortgage lending for EPC A and B rated properties by 2024

c.£17bn
funding provided to the social housing sector since 2018

 

Championing social housing

Social housing is an integral part of the UK’s housing landscape with millions of people benefiting from stable and genuinely affordable homes. 

Lloyds Banking Group is the biggest supporter of social housing in the UK. We currently work with over 340 housing associations of all sizes.

Despite the construction of around 40,000 homes in 2021, there is still a chronic shortage of social housing in the UK. This is why we are committed to working with housebuilders to expand the availability of quality social housing across the UK. 
 

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Greening the built environment

Reducing emissions from the built environment is critical for the UK to achieve its net zero ambitions.

We're providing solutions to promote energy-efficient properties and retrofits, partnering with experts for heat pump and solar panel installations, and actively engaging with political stakeholders driving change.

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Our latest insights

As longstanding supporters of the social housing sector, our experts have unique insights into the challenges and opportunities the sector is facing.

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Our partnership with Crisis

We have partnered with Crisis, a UK national charity for people experiencing homelessness. 

Together, we're calling for the UK to build 1 million more homes for social rent by 2030. 

Our partnership Find more information about Lloyds Banking Group's partnership with Crisis (Opens in same tab).

Decarbonising the UK’s homes: A housing stocktake, 2023

Our new research focuses on the key barriers to decarbonisation, the incentives needed to drive progress and contains insight from people who have retrofitted their homes.

Read full report (PDF, 4MB) Read 2023 housing stocktake report (opens in new tab, PDF, 4MB)