G15 (housing associations)

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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 "working to solve the housing crisis by delivering good quality, affordable homes of all types". [3]

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In February 2023, the G15 group confirmed that Fiona Fletcher-Smith, group CEO of L&Q, has been appointed as the network’s chair. The moves came after confirmation that current vice-chair Richard Hill (CEO of One Housing), will be joining BPHA as its new head in April. [4]

Membership

The G15 originally had 15 members, but some of them have since merged. [5] The current members are: [3]

RankNameDate foundedSignificant mergersNo. of dwellingsWebsite
1st Clarion Housing Group 2016Formed by merger of former G15 members Affinity Sutton and Circle in November 2016 [6] 125,000 clarionhg.com
2nd L&Q 1963Former G15 member East Thames merged into L&Q in December 2016 [7] 105,000 lqgroup.org.uk
3rd Peabody Trust 1862Former G15 member Family Mosaic merged into Peabody in July 2017. [8] Former G15 member Catalyst merged into Peabody in April 2022. [9] 104,000 peabody.org.uk
4thSouthern Housing2022Former G15 members Optivo and Southern Housing Group merged in 202278,000 southernhousing.org.uk
5th Notting Hill Genesis 1963Former G15 members Genesis and Notting Hill merged in 201868,000 nhg.org.uk
6th The Guinness Partnership 1890Founded 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.60,000 guinnesspartnership.com/
7th Metropolitan Thames Valley 1963Metropolitan Housing Trust merged with Thames Valley Homes57,000 metropolitan.org.uk
8th Hyde Group 196750,000 hyde-housing.co.uk
9th A2Dominion Group 1947In 2008, A2 and Dominion merged, forming one of the UK’s largest housing groups, A2Dominion39,000 a2dominion.co.uk
10th Network Homes 1974Founded as Brent People's Housing Association21,000 networkhomes.org.uk
11th One Housing Group [2] 1962Formed by merger of Community Housing Association (1972) and Toynbee HA (1962)17,000 onehousing.co.uk

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