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
4th Notting Hill Genesis 1963Former G15 members Genesis and Notting Hill merged in 201868,000 nhg.org.uk
5th 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/
6th Metropolitan Thames Valley 1963Metropolitan Housing Trust merged with Thames Valley Homes57,000 metropolitan.org.uk
7th Hyde Group 196750,000 hyde-housing.co.uk
8th Optivo 2017Formed by merger of former G15 member Amicus Horizon with Viridian Housing [11] 45,000 optivo.org.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 Southern Housing Group 1901Founded as Samuel Lewis Housing Trust; merged with South Wight HA & others30,000 shgroup.org.uk
11th Network Homes 1974Founded as Brent People's Housing Association21,000 networkhomes.org.uk
12th 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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  1. ↑ "Thinking Big". Inside Housing. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "One Housing joins G15". One Housing Group. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 "g15 represents London's 15 largest housing associations | g15 represents London's 15 largest housing associations". Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "G15 confirms L&Q head as next chair". Housing Digital. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Roundup of merger activity". G15. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Peter Apps (30 November 2016). "Clarion Group formed as mega-merger completes". Inside Housing. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Robyn Wilson (7 December 2016). "Housing associations L&Q and East Thames confirm merger". The Architects' Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Tom Knowles (4 July 2017). "Peabody Trust merges with Family Mosaic in £6 billion deal". The Times. Times Newspapers. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Grainne Cuffe (1 April 2022). "G15 landlords complete merger to create 104,000". Inside Housing. Ocean Media. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Our history". The Guinness Partnership. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  11. ↑ Nick Johnstone (22 May 2017). "Amicus Horizon and Viridian merge to form Optivo". Inside Housing. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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