G15 (housing associations)
The G15 is an organisation of the largest housing associations in and around Greater London in the United Kingdom,[1] which collectively are responsible for managing in the region of 600,000 homes in London.[2] They state their purpose as "to solve the housing crisis by delivering good quality, affordable homes of all types".[3]
Geeta Nanda OBE, of Metropolitan Thames Valley (MTVH) is the chair of the organisation with Richard Hill of One Housing Group, being vice chair.
Membership
The G15 originally had 15 members, but some of them have since merged.[4] One Housing Group joined in June 2018.[2] The current members are:[3]
| Rank | Name | Date founded | Significant mergers | No. of dwellings | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Clarion Housing Group | 2016 | Formed by merger of former G15 members Affinity Sutton and Circle in November 2016[5] | 125,000 | clarionhg.com |
| 2nd | L&Q | 1963 | Former G15 member East Thames merged into L&Q in December 2016[6] | 95,000 | lqgroup.org.uk |
| 3rd | Notting Hill Genesis | 1963 | Former G15 members Genesis and Notting Hill merged in 2018 | 66,000 | nhggroup.org.uk |
| 4th | Peabody Trust | 1862 | Former G15 member Family Mosaic merged into Peabody in July 2017.[7] Former G15 member Catalyst merged into Peabody in April 2022.[8] | 104,000 | peabody.org.uk |
| 5th | Metropolitan Thames Valley | 1963 | Metropolitan Housing Trust merged with Thames Valley Homes | 57,000 | metropolitan.org.uk |
| 6th | Hyde Group | 1967 | 50,000 | hyde-housing.co.uk | |
| 7th | Optivo | 2017 | Formed by merger of former G15 member Amicus Horizon with Viridian Housing[9] | 44,000 | optivo.org.uk |
| 8th | A2Dominion Group | 1947 | In 2008, A2 and Dominion merged, forming one of the UK’s largest housing groups, A2Dominion | 37,000 | a2dominion.co.uk |
| 9th | Southern Housing Group | 1901 | Founded as Samuel Lewis Housing Trust; merged with South Wight HA & others | 50,000 | shgroup.org.uk |
| 10th | Network Homes | 1974 | Founded as Brent People's Housing Association | 20,000 | networkhomes.org.uk |
| 11th | One Housing Group | 1962 | Formed by merger of Community Housing Association (1972) and Toynbee HA (1962) | 19,735 | onehousing.co.uk |
| 12th | The Guinness Partnership | 1890 | Founded by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh,[10] a great grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in London and Dublin. | 64,000 | guinnesspartnership.com/ |
References
- ^ "Thinking Big". Inside Housing. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b "One Housing joins G15". One Housing Group. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ a b "g15 represents London's 15 largest housing associations | g15 represents London's 15 largest housing associations". Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Roundup of merger activity". G15. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Peter Apps (30 November 2016). "Clarion Group formed as mega-merger completes". Inside Housing. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Robyn Wilson (7 December 2016). "Housing associations L&Q and East Thames confirm merger". The Architects' Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Tom Knowles (4 July 2017). "Peabody Trust merges with Family Mosaic in £6 billion deal". The Times. Times Newspapers. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ Grainne Cuffe (1 April 2022). "G15 landlords complete merger to create 104,000". Inside Housing. Ocean Media. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Nick Johnstone (22 May 2017). "Amicus Horizon and Viridian merge to form Optivo". Inside Housing. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Our history". The Guinness Partnership. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
External links
- Official website
- "The Rise of the Housing Association". Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. A snapshot of the G15 in 2009.