Network Homes

{{Infobox company

| name = Network Homes

| former_name = {{ubl|Brent People's Housing Association|Stadium Housing|Network Stadium|Network Housing Association|Network Housing Group}}

| successor = Sovereign Network Group

| fate = merged with Sovereign to form SNG

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1974}}

| defunct = {{End date and age|2023}}

| location_city =

| location_country = England

| industry = Social housing

| owner = {{ubl|Sovereign Network Group {{smaller|(2023)}}}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.networkhomes.org.uk/}}

}}

Network Homes was a housing association operating in 36 local authorities across London, Hertfordshire, and the southeast of England. In 2019 the organisation owned and managedover 20,000 homes, {{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/network-homes-boosts-surplus-by-62-63189|title=Network Homes boosts surplus by 62%|website=Inside Housing}} making it one of London's largest housing associations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/leaseholders-may-foot-fire-safety-bill-network-homes-says-c58kd9t7r|title=Leaseholders may foot fire safety bill, Network Homes says|first=Louisa|last=Clarence-Smith|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}

In October 2023, the housing association merged its operations with its former rival Sovereign and formed the Sovereign Network Group (SNG), becoming the owner of 82,000 homes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sng.org.uk/press-release/sovereign-and-network-homes-merge-to-form-sng|title=Sovereign and Network Homes merge to form SNG|work=Sovereign Network Group|access-date=2023-10-12|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/sovereign-and-network-merger-officially-completes/5125479.article|title=Sovereign and Network merger officially completes|work=Housing Today|access-date=2023-10-12|language=en}}

History

Network Homes started life in 1974 as Brent People's Housing Association.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} The Association continued to develop throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and in 1988 was renamed Stadium Housing then Network Stadium and then Network Housing Association.

Growth then took a rapid upturn during the 1990s and 2000s as homes were transferred from local authorities, eventually resulting in the creation of a new structure, the Network Housing Group, in 2003.

In April 2016, the group was restructured again, bringing together all four main operating housing associations and the group parent together into a single organisation, Network Homes{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkhomes.org.uk/about-us/our-history/|title=Affordable housing and affordable rent with Network Homes|website=Network Homes}}

Mission

Network Homes state that they aim to "open up possibilities for as many people as we can, by continuing to grow a forward-thinking, service-driven and financially strong organisation that builds, sells, rents and manages good homes in thriving communities".{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkhomes.org.uk/about-us/our-vision-and-values/|title=Network Homes is a London housing association|website=Network Homes}}

Aside from building and managing social housing,{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/network-homes-names-11-architects-on-new-4m-framework/10045982.article|title=Network Homes names 11 architects on new £4m framework|first=Merlin|last=Fulcher|website=Architects Journal}} Network Homes pursues this goal through projects like their partnership with the New Horizon Youth Centre, which offers young homeless people safe, affordable accommodation together with support into sustainable employment and long-term housing{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/oct/31/homeless-young-people-need-lifeline|title=Homeless young people like Elaine, fleeing abuse and chaos, need a lifeline|first=Shelagh|last=O'Connor|date=October 31, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}

In July 2019, Network Homes Chief Executive Helen Evans was made Chair of the G15, a group of London's largest housing associations.{{Cite web|url=https://g15.london/|title=It’s our mission to solve the housing crisis within a generation.|website=G15}} She will hold the position until 2021, when Geeta Nanda OBE, Chief Executive of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, will assume the role.

References

Category:2023 mergers and acquisitions

Category:1974 establishments in England

Category:Organizations established in 1974

Category:Housing associations based in England

Category:Housing organisations based in London

Category:2021 disestablishments in the United Kingdom