Spirit - Raising the level in housing standards
 


Partners
Three Rivers Housing Group
Established in 1971, we have built a reputation for developing good quality homes for people to rent at affordable rates in the North-East of England. The housing group currently have almost 3000 properties in both rural and town areas to suit people with different needs.

Three Rivers has become a leading housing provider in the North East of England over the years.

Whilst continuing to build on its strengths, Three Rivers Housing Group’s activities have recently grown more diverse and innovative. The future will mean building on and developing even more innovative approaches to the delivery what matters most to its customers, partners and other stakeholders.

To achieve excellence, Three Rivers Housing Group is driven by a desire to continually deliver and improve all the time, to be innovative and flexible, and be socially and environmentally responsible.

Three Rivers Housing Group’s aim is to delight its customers, and it is equally committed to respecting and supporting its staff and rewarding excellence.

www.threerivershousing.co.uk


Tees Valley Housing Group
Tees Valley Housing Group incorporating Tees Valley Trust, Tees Valley Homes and Banks of the Wear, manages almost 4,000 homes and is one of the region's leading independent housing association group.

With wide ranging expertise in property development, housing management and community regeneration, Tees Valley Housing Group offers supported housing as well as homes in the semi-commercial and market rent sectors.

Registered with the Housing Corporation and the Registrar of Friendly Societies, Tees Valley Housing Group also holds two Chartermarks for excellence in service and is an Investor in People.

Tees Valley Housing Group is committed to working through housing and in partnership with others to build neighbourhoods where people choose to live.

Overall, based on the Housing Corporation's key performance indicators, Tees Valley Housing Group's performance puts it in the top 25% of all similar sized housing associations nationally.


www.teesvalley.org


Two Castles Housing Association
For almost forty years, Two Castles Housing Association has been providing and managing high quality, affordable homes. Its approach to partnership has been instrumental in its continuing success in delivering better homes for more people in the communities that most need it.

Diversity is its strength – in terms of the types of homes on offer, number of locations and the range of projects. Two Castles Housing Association provides and manages hundreds of homes in both rural and urban communities, which are located in twenty local authority areas across the North West and North East.

Two Castles Housing Association’s rural expertise is second to none, providing housing for people in areas of high demand, as well as low demand, and considerable experience of dealing with the special problems of developing in National Parks and conservation areas. Many of its projects have involved converting and refurbishing listed buildings.

Whether developing new build houses or bringing derelict buildings back to life, Two Castles Housing Association is committed to supporting the regeneration and sustainability of villages, towns and cities across the North.


www.twocastles.org.uk



Coast & Country Housing
Established in 2001, Coast & Country took over the ownership and management of homes from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council as part of a Large Scale Stock Transfer in July 2002.

As the largest RSL within Redcar and Cleveland, our current rental housing stock totals 10,309 (Apr 07).

In December 2007 we launched our Home Ownership brand – Times4.

Through our Times4 brand we will provide high quality, affordable properties available with a range of purchase options from shared ownership, shared equity to outright purchase.

Our properties and estates are located in a diverse range of urban estates, seaside resorts and rural villages. We believe that working together with local communities to find local solutions is a key factor in building and sustaining communities. .

The wide range of skills, land and labour available on our doorstep is matched only by the scope of our Regeneration and Development plans outlined in Passionate About Our Place – A Strategy for Regeneration & Development.

Delivering high quality homes we will contribute to the prosperity, wider regeneration and sustainability of the communities within the immediate region and beyond. We aim to ensure that our regeneration work will have a positive impact on people’s lives, achieving a careful balance of new homes for sale and for rent creating the kind of neighbourhoods that will flourish well into the future.


www.cch-online.org.uk

www.times4.uk.com/


Erimus Housing
Erimus Housing was established in November 2004, following the positive ballot by tenants to transfer Middlesbrough Council’s housing stock over to a new not-for-profit housing association.

We now own more than 11,600 homes throughout Middlesbrough, employ around 500 people and Erimus is a key player in the regeneration of the town.  In order to achieve the Decent Homes targets by 2010, Erimus is investing more than £ 105m in communities across Middlesbrough to provide high quality homes for people inareas that are safe and attractive.

We are also investing in people and want to work with residents to create sustainable neighbourhoods where people want to live.  Erimus is working in partnership with Middlesbrough Council and key RSLs to support existing regeneration initiatives and develop new housing and regeneration opportunities for current tenants and future residents.

Providing new homes is a key priority for Erimus in order to replace obsolete and unpopular properties and to ensure that current and future residents have a better choice of affordable quality accommodation to meet their needs and demands in the 21st century.


www.erimushousing.co.uk


Housing Hartlepool
Housing Hartlepool is Hartlepool’s largest and newest registered social landlord.  It was set up in March 2004 to take over the ownership and management of the Council’s rented housing stock following a positive ballot by tenants.   The company moved into its new headquarters at Greenbank in the Stranton area of Hartlepool in December 2004.

Housing Hartlepool is a not-for profit Registered Social Landlord (RSL). The company is registered with the Housing Corporation, which is the statutory body responsible for regulating and supervising social landlords. The company is regularly inspected to ensure that it provides effective and efficient services and that it is governed in an open, honest and accountable way.  In addition to this, Housing Hartlepool is also a Registered Charity and has to abide by the rules of the Charities Trust.

We manage over 7200 properties in Hartlepool and the surrounding villages.  These range from five bedroom family houses to flats for single people.  In addition, we have a wide range of bungalows and sheltered housing complexes for the elderly.  In addition to our housing stock we have garages and shops available to rent in various locations throughout the town.

Our housing service is provided from 8 neighbourhood based offices.

www.housinghartlepool.org.uk

 
 
 
 
 
 
       
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