Just Housing account

Run in partnership with Triodos Bank Just Housing is an ethical savings account which provides good returns for savers and the knowledge that the money invested will be used to finance innovative projects which provide housing and combat homelessness.

In addition Housing Justice receives a donation equivalent to 0.25% of all the funds in Just Housing accounts each year.

At the end of the financial year 2004/2005 over £4million was deposited in over 300 Just Housing accounts. These funds were used to finance six projects in four organisations - Caring for Life, Leeds; Cintre Community, Bristol; Enable Housing Association, North Derbyshire and the North Brixton Trust, London.

The North Brixton Trust is responsible for the North Brixton Foyer which provides accommodation for up to nine young people in housing need. The Foyer provides support, training and leisure facilities to allow the residents to develop independent living skills.

The Just Housing loan provided the working capital to allow the Foyer to open. The Foyer’s Reverend Benny Hazelhurst commented “After a mammoth fundraising programme to renovate a listed building and open the Foyer, we were left with a small but significant shortfall to complete the project, loans from Triodos Bank enabled us to meet that shortfall and provided us with a financial cushion to help see us through the first few years. Without this provision, the North Brixton Foyer might never have opened.”

Further information on the Just Housing account is available on the Triodos Bank website.

Apply for funds
We are seeking new projects for Just Housing loans. If you think your project might be a suitable candidate, or for further details, contact Alison Gelder on 020 7723 7273 or email a.gelder@housingjustice.org.uk