Hammersmith and Fulham (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Minister for Veterans inaugurated a brand‑new supported‑housing complex in Hammersmith & Fulham, offering tailored services for former service members.
Minister of Veterans and People Louise Sandher-Jones was delighted to officially inaugurate Valour House on behalf of the Stoll Foundation, the premier provider of supportive housing for vulnerable veterans.
Louise Sandher-Jones MP visited the King’s Road Park development in Hammersmith and Fulham on October 30 to officially open one of two buildings that The Stoll Foundation purchased last year. Together, these buildings will house 128 more homes for military family members and vulnerable veterans.
Veterans, trustees and employees from the Stoll Foundation, representatives from the Greater London Authority, Hammersmith & Fulham Council, and St. William (a division of the Berkeley Group), which is in charge of constructing the King’s Road Park neighborhood, joined the minister.
In addition to the 128 apartments, the site will have new community facilities like therapy rooms, meeting rooms, a gym with special accommodations for people with disabilities, and new offices for frontline staff of The Stoll Foundation. This is the largest investment in social rent housing for veterans of the UK Armed Forces in decades.
Will Campbell-Wroe, Chief Executive for the Stoll Foundation, said:
“We were delighted to have the minister officially open Valour House, which will provide accommodation for veterans and their families for years to come. As the only specialist veteran housing provider that is registered with the Regulator of Social Housing, we are proud to provide these high-quality homes at social rent in conjunction with the GLA and Berkeley Group.”
Minister of Veterans and People, Louise Sandher-Jones, said:
“Every veteran deserves a safe, secure place to call home. That’s not just a moral obligation – it’s a promise this Government is determined to keep. Today marks another significant step towards delivering the Prime Minister’s pledge to provide homes fit for our heroes across the United Kingdom.
We’re delivering real change through the Veterans Capital Housing Fund and it was fantastic to see first-hand how these homes are providing veterans and their families with the security and support they need.”
Dean Summers, Divisional Managing Director of St James & St William, said:
“We were honoured to join Veterans Minister Louise Sandher-Jones MP for the official opening of Valour House. It was also a huge pleasure to meet the veterans who have now made King’s Road Park their home and I want to thank all our partners for supporting this project, including The Stoll Foundation, Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council and the GLA.”
How the £4.5m funding will be allocated across projects?
Major Subventions to nine associations, including those in Wales, the South East, and London, totaling over £3.9 million to deliver new stagers’ homes. Top-up subventions amounting to over£ 500,000 to 10 ongoing systems for essential emendations similar as roof, boiler, and window reserves, as well as enhancing availability in being lodgment .
Systems funded span every nation and region of the UK, aiming to insure stagers across the country admit safe, secure casing options.
This backing is part of the wider £20 million Veterans Capital Housing Fund designed to expand and ameliorate casing specifically for stagers, fulfilling the government’s commitment to give quality homes and support for those who served.