NIHE: Sustaining Tenancies Funding Programme

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Overview

The Sustaining Tenancies Grant Funding Programme are seeking expressions of interest for projects lasting up to 36 months, requiring funding between £5,000 and £100,000 over the full lifetime of the project.

The Priority Funding Areas for Tranche 3 are listed below, and projects must seek to address at least one of these.

Priority Funding Area

Support for tenants with addictions and/or severe mental ill health
Intensive early tenancy support to develop skills to maintain a tenancy and establish connections in the community
Practical tenancy support (e.g. handyperson services, concessionary gardening services)
Support for tenants living in rural areas

Who can apply?

The Sustaining Tenancies Grant Funding Programme is open to constituted groups within the community, voluntary and charitable sector operating in Northern Ireland.

This includes Housing Community Network groups / Residents’ groups, Social Enterprises that have registered charitable status, charitable organisations and CICs (Community Interest Companies) that are limited by guarantee.

We will ask organisations to supply documentation to confirm their status and we will perform checks on the eligibility of the organisation seeking funding. We are open to proposals for projects where two or more organisations have come together, however all organisations must meet the eligibility criteria. You must identify a lead organisation to allow us to:

process payments and
track responsibilities should the project receive an award.

What can they fund

The Sustaining Tenancies Grant Funding Programme will only fund projects that can clearly demonstrate that monies provided by the Housing Executive will exclusively benefit Housing Executive tenants.

For the purpose of clarity this is persons/households whose current landlord is the Housing Executive.

This does not include;

Housing Association tenants
Private Rented Sector tenants
Applicants on the social housing waiting list
People residing in temporary accommodation

They can support:

projects and activities that promote the welfare and comfort of Housing Executive tenants; this includes support which may help tenants to sustain a tenancy successfully
salary costs and volunteer expenses
venue hire
equipment hire
transport hire
some non-capital works to property e.g. painting and minor decoration
purchase of goods, materials and equipment

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