Empower Housing Association Limited
Empower Housing Association tenants can swap homes with other social housing tenants through a mutual exchange, with Empower Housing Association's permission.
296 homes across 24 council areas, mostly in Pendle, West Lancashire and Chorley. Registered social landlord no. 4663. On this page: how many homes they own and where, typical rents, how to swap your home and how to check their reputation.
Size, areas and typical rents
Empower Housing Association Limited owns about 296 social homes across 24 council areas (2025/26).
The 10 areas with the most homes:
Our place guides in each council area: what it's like to live there.
- Pendle47 Barnoldswick · Brierfield · Colne · Nelson
- West Lancashire44 Ormskirk · Skelmersdale
- Chorley29 Chorley · Adlington
- Burnley24 Burnley · Padiham
- Lancaster21 Lancaster · Morecambe
- Liverpool20 Liverpool
- Fylde15 Kirkham · Lytham St Anne's
- Cumberland11 Carlisle · Cockermouth · Keswick · Maryport · Whitehaven · Workington
- Bury10 Bury · Radcliffe · Ramsbottom · Whitefield · Prestwich
- Cheshire West and Chester9 Chester · Ellesmere Port · Frodsham · Neston · Northwich · Winsford
All 24 council areas (14 more)
- Salford9 Salford · Eccles · Irlam · Swinton · Walkden
- Blackburn with Darwen8 Blackburn · Darwen
- Stockport8 Stockport · Bramhall · Cheadle · Cheadle Hulme · Gatley · Hazel Grove · Marple
- Rossendale7 Bacup · Haslingden · Rawtenstall · Whitworth
- Wyre7 Fleetwood · Garstang · Poulton-le-Fylde · Thornton
- South Ribble6 Leyland
- Hyndburn5 Accrington · Church · Clayton-le-Moors · Great Harwood
- St. Helens5 St Helens · Billinge · Newton-le-Willows
- Preston3 Preston
- Wigan3 Wigan · Ashton-in-Makerfield · Atherton · Golborne · Hindley · Leigh · Tyldesley
- Blackpool2 Blackpool
- Tamworth1 Tamworth
- Knowsley1 Knowsley · Kirkby · Prescot · Halewood · Huyton
- Barnet1 Barnet · Colindale · Edgware · Hendon
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.
| Size | Social rent | Affordable rent |
|---|---|---|
| Bedsit | £80 | £104 |
| 1 bed | £90 | £109 |
| 2 bed | £105 | £130 |
| 3 bed | £116 | £144 |
| 4 bed | £125 | £171 |
Homes to swap from Empower Housing Association Limited tenants
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Tenant Ratings On Mutual Home Exchange
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Housing Ombudsman decisions
You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "Empower Housing Association Limited" to see published complaints about this landlord.
How to check Empower Housing Association's reputation
There are no published tenant satisfaction scores for Empower Housing Association. Landlords with fewer than 1,000 homes must still measure tenant satisfaction and share the results with their own tenants, but they don't have to send them to the regulator, so no national figures exist. With about 296 homes, Empower Housing Association is in that group.
You can still get a good picture before you swap into one of their homes:
- Ask for their tenant satisfaction results and complaints report. Every social landlord must publish its complaints policy and a yearly report on the complaints it has handled, usually on its website or on request.
- Search the Housing Ombudsman's decisions for "Empower Housing Association Limited" in the decisions archive. No results is common for small landlords and usually a good sign.
- Check the regulator's judgements. The Regulator of Social Housing lists any regulatory judgements and notices it has published about a landlord.
- Ask the tenant you're swapping with. How quickly are repairs done? How easy is it to get hold of someone? Is there a tenants' group? A current tenant's answer is often the best guide.
- Look at the area too. Most of their homes are in Pendle: see our Barnoldswick guide for what it's like to live there.
Swapping with a tenant of Empower Housing Association?
Both landlords have to approve a mutual exchange, and both have 42 days to decide. They can only refuse on the grounds set out in the Housing Act 1985. Get the application in early, keep your rent account clear, and ask for the decision in writing.
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