G15 (housing associations)
{{Short description|Group of large social landlords in London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The G15 is an organisation of the largest housing associations in and around Greater London in the United Kingdom,{{cite journal|title=Thinking Big |journal=Inside Housing |date=9 August 2013 |url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/home/thinking-big1-36645|accessdate=10 April 2018}} which collectively are responsible for managing in the region of 600,000 homes in London.{{cite web |title=One Housing joins G15 |url=https://www.onehousing.co.uk/news/one-housing-joins-g15 |accessdate=16 November 2018 |publisher=One Housing Group |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116092909/https://www.onehousing.co.uk/news/one-housing-joins-g15 |url-status=dead }} They state their purpose as "working to solve the housing crisis by delivering good quality, affordable homes of all types".{{cite web| url = http://g15london.org.uk/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130216052936/http://g15london.org.uk/| archive-date = 2013-02-16| title = g15 represents London’s 15 largest housing associations {{!}} g15 represents London’s 15 largest housing associations.}}
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.{{cite news |title=G15 confirms L&Q head as next chair |url=https://housingdigital.co.uk/g15-confirms-l-and-q-head-as-next-chair/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |publisher=Housing Digital |date=16 February 2023}}
Membership
The G15 originally had 15 members, but some of them have since merged.{{cite web|title=Roundup of merger activity|url=http://g15london.org.uk/about-us/roundup-of-merger-activity/|publisher=G15|accessdate=10 April 2018}}
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! width="10" | Rank ! width="200" | Name ! width="70" | Date founded ! width="250" | Significant mergers ! width="80" | No. of dwellings ! width="200" | Website |
| 1st
| A2Dominion Group | 1947 | In 2008, A2 and Dominion merged, forming one of the UK’s largest housing groups, A2Dominion | 39,000 | [http://www.a2dominion.co.uk a2dominion.co.uk] |
| 2nd
| 2016 | Formed by merger of former G15 members Affinity Sutton and Circle in November 2016{{cite web|author1=Peter Apps|title=Clarion Group formed as mega-merger completes|url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/home/clarion-group-formed-as-mega-merger-completes1-48813|publisher=Inside Housing|accessdate=10 April 2018|date=30 November 2016}} | 125,000 | [http://www.clarionhg.com/ clarionhg.com] |
| 3rd
| 1890 | Founded by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh,{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.guinnesspartnership.com/about-us/what-we-do/our-history/ |access-date=2019-07-07 |website=The Guinness Partnership |language=en-GB}} a great grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in London and Dublin. | 60,000 | [https://www.guinnesspartnership.com/ guinnesspartnership.com/] |
| 4th
| 1967 | Established in 1967. Swallowed many smaller housing associations in Early 2000's. All were branded Hyde in 2011 under its One Hyde, One Vision initiative. | 50,000 | [http://www.hyde-housing.co.uk/ hyde-housing.co.uk] |
| 5th
| L&Q | 1963 | Former G15 member East Thames merged into L&Q in December 2016{{cite news|author1=Robyn Wilson|title=Housing associations L&Q and East Thames confirm merger|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/housing-associations-lq-and-east-thames-confirm-merger/10015587.article|accessdate=10 April 2018|work=The Architects' Journal|date=7 December 2016}} | 105,000 | [http://www.lqgroup.org.uk/ lqgroup.org.uk] |
| 6th
| 1963 |Metropolitan Housing Trust merged with Thames Valley Homes | 57,000 | [http://www.metropolitan.org.uk metropolitan.org.uk] |
| 7th
| 1963 | Former G15 members Genesis and Notting Hill merged in 2018 | 68,000 | [http://www.nhg.org.uk/ nhg.org.uk] |
| 8th
| 1862 | Former G15 member Family Mosaic merged into Peabody in July 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/peabody-trust-merges-with-family-mosaic-in-6billion-deal-t2hf9z0wt |title=Peabody Trust merges with Family Mosaic in £6 billion deal |author=Tom Knowles |date=4 July 2017 |website=The Times |publisher=Times Newspapers |access-date=21 September 2017}} Former G15 member Catalyst merged into Peabody in April 2022.{{cite news |url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/g15-landlords-complete-merger-to-create-104000-home-landlord-74946 |title=G15 landlords complete merger to create 104,000 |author=Grainne Cuffe |date=1 April 2022 |website=Inside Housing |publisher=Ocean Media |access-date=4 April 2022}} | 104,000 | [http://www.peabody.org.uk peabody.org.uk] |
| 9th
| 1962 | Formed by merger of Community Housing Association (1972) and Toynbee HA (1962). Now part of Riverside Group | 17,000 | [http://www.onehousing.co.uk onehousing.co.uk] |
| 10th
| Southern Housing | 2022 | Former G15 members Optivo and Southern Housing Group merged in 2022 | 78,000 | [https://www.southernhousing.org.uk/ southernhousing.org.uk] |
| 11th
| 1974 | Founded as Brent People's Housing Association. Now part of Sovereign Network Group | 21,000 | [http://www.networkhomes.org.uk/ networkhomes.org.uk] |
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://g15.london/}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.tailoredhome.net/News/THERISEOFTHEHOUSINGASSOCIATION/tabid/1102/Default.aspx |title=The Rise of the Housing Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714074146/http://www.tailoredhome.net/News/THERISEOFTHEHOUSINGASSOCIATION/tabid/1102/Default.aspx |archive-date=2009-07-14 |url-status=usurped }} A snapshot of the G15 in 2009.
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