Encircle Housing
607 homes across 54 council areas, mostly in Redcar and Cleveland, Barnet and Stockport. Registered social landlord no. 4784. 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
Encircle Housing owns about 607 social homes across 54 council areas (2024/25).
The 10 areas with the most homes:
marks a place guide in that council area: what it's like to live there, rents and homes to swap.
- Redcar and Cleveland44
- Barnet41
- Stockport Cheadle guide31
- Wakefield26
- Islington25
- Bradford 24
- Bury 24
- Warrington22
- Kingston upon Hull, City of21
- Wirral Bebington guide21
Typical weekly rents
Average housing association rents in the areas this landlord works in, weighted by where its homes are, 2024/25. Your own rent depends on the exact home.
| Size | Social rent | Affordable rent |
|---|---|---|
| Bedsit | £84 | £139 |
| 1 bed | £98 | £129 |
| 2 bed | £113 | £154 |
| 3 bed | £125 | £174 |
| 4 bed | £140 | £198 |
Homes to swap from Encircle Housing tenants
No Encircle Housing tenants have listed a home yet. Are you one? List your home and it will appear here.
Housing Ombudsman decisions
You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "Encircle Housing" to see published complaints about this landlord.
How to check Encircle Housing's reputation
There are no published tenant satisfaction scores for Encircle Housing. 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 607 homes, Encircle Housing 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 "Encircle Housing" 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 Redcar and Cleveland.
Swapping with a tenant of Encircle Housing?
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.