Cornerstone Housing Limited

86.7% of Cornerstone Housing tenants are satisfied with the overall service (Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25), above the England median of 71.8%. Cornerstone Housing tenants can swap homes with other social housing tenants through a mutual exchange, with Cornerstone Housing's permission.

1,477 homes across 5 council areas, mostly in Exeter, Teignbridge and East Devon. Registered social landlord no. L0147. On this page: what their tenants say, how they handle complaints, the regulator's grades, how many homes they own and where, typical rents and how to swap your home.

Size, areas and typical rents

Cornerstone Housing Limited owns about 1,477 social homes across 5 council areas (2025/26).

Our place guides in each council area: what it's like to live there.

Typical weekly rents

Average housing association rents in the areas this landlord works in, weighted by where its homes are, 2025/26. Your own rent depends on the exact home.

SizeSocial rentAffordable rent
Bedsit£76-
1 bed£96£133
2 bed£113£169
3 bed£124£201
4 bed£148£269

The regulator's verdict

The Regulator of Social Housing grades landlords on how well they look after tenants (consumer standards, C1 best to C4 worst) and, for housing associations, on governance (G) and financial viability (V).

G1 Governance well governed · Dec 2025
V1 Financial viability financially strong · Dec 2025

Councils are graded on consumer standards only. A grade is a snapshot at the date shown; the regulator publishes updates as it inspects.

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What tenants say

From the regulator's Tenant Satisfaction Measures survey, 2024/25, based on 323 tenant responses. Each figure is the share of tenants who said they were satisfied.

Ranked 13th of 350 landlords in England for overall tenant satisfaction. See the league table · Compare it on every measure

Satisfied with the overall service 86.7% better than the sector median of 71.8%
Satisfied with repairs 88.2% better than the sector median of 73.6%
Satisfied with time taken for repairs 89.1% better than the sector median of 69.5%
Home is well maintained 87.6% better than the sector median of 71.9%
Home is safe 87.9% better than the sector median of 77.6%
Landlord listens and acts 73.3% better than the sector median of 61.6%
Kept informed 81.4% better than the sector median of 72.0%
Treated fairly and with respect 86.8% better than the sector median of 77.9%
Satisfied with complaints handling 58.9% better than the sector median of 35.5%
Communal areas clean and well maintained 70.1% better than the sector median of 66.7%
Positive contribution to the neighbourhood 71.4% better than the sector median of 64.6%
Satisfied with handling of anti-social behaviour 64% better than the sector median of 59.5%

The thin marker on each bar is the median across all landlords in the data set. The landlord's own TSM report: cornerstonehousing.net/tenant-satisfaction-measures-2024-2025/.

Repairs, safety and complaints

From the landlord's own records reported to the regulator for 2024/25.

100% Gas safety checks completed about the sector median (100.0%)
100% Fire risk assessments completed about the sector median (100.0%)
100% Asbestos surveys completed about the sector median (100.0%)
100% Legionella risk assessments completed about the sector median (100.0%)
100% Lift safety checks completed about the sector median (100.0%)
0.9% Homes NOT meeting the Decent Homes Standard about the sector median (0.5%)
92.6% Non-emergency repairs done on time better than the sector median of 82.5%
83.3% Emergency repairs done on time worse than the sector median of 94.9%
62.6 Stage 1 complaints per 1,000 homes worse than the sector median of 53.9
76.7% Stage 1 complaints answered on time worse than the sector median of 89.9
11.7 Stage 2 complaints per 1,000 homes worse than the sector median of 8.4
87.5% Stage 2 complaints answered on time worse than the sector median of 88.9
59.3 Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes worse than the sector median of 36.0

Repair targets: 90 24

Housing Ombudsman decisions

The Housing Ombudsman has published 2 decisions about Cornerstone Housing Limited in its searchable archive.

1no maladministration
  • ASB/Abuse/Nuisance (202126945) Outside Jurisdiction May 2023

    The complaint is about The landlord's handling of the resident's request for compensation for damage to their car. The landlord's handling of the resident's reports of anti-social behaviour. The landlord's handling of the resident's request

  • Housing Association (202500987) No Maladministration

      Decision Case ID 202500987 Decision type Investigation Landlord Cornerstone Housing Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 6 May 2026 Background The resident contacted the landlord and said that a tree wa

Source: the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive, checked 17 Oct 2026. To see every case, search the archive for "Cornerstone Housing Limited". Most landlords have some upheld complaints; compare the numbers with the landlord's size.

Swapping with a tenant of Cornerstone Housing?

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