Community land trust homes in London that will remain “permanently affordable” and were partly funded by Big Issue have been nominated for a prestigious architecture prize.

Citizens House in Lewisham, south-east London, opened its doors in 2023 offering 11 homes linked to local incomes at the cost of £2.5 million and 10 years of hard campaigning.

The London housing price-busting project received funding from Big Issue Invest , the social investment arm of the Big Issue, as well as the mayor of London’s community housing fund, and community shareholders in the CLT.

Now the building, designed by Archio , has been shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects ’ (RIBA) 2025 Neave Brown Award for Housing which celebrates the UK’s best new affordable housing.

Holger Westph

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