Habinteg Housing Association Limited
67.2% of Habinteg Housing Association tenants are satisfied with the overall service (Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25), below the England median of 71.8%. Habinteg Housing Association tenants can swap homes with other social housing tenants through a mutual exchange, with Habinteg Housing Association's permission.
3,336 homes across 79 council areas, mostly in Middlesbrough, Kingston upon Hull, City of and Southwark. Registered social landlord no. LH0459. 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
Habinteg Housing Association Limited owns about 3,336 social homes across 79 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.
- Middlesbrough237 Middlesbrough
- Kingston upon Hull, City of230 Kingston upon Hull
- Southwark184 Southwark · Peckham
- Barnet154 Barnet · Colindale · Edgware · Hendon
- Bristol, City of154 Bristol
- Milton Keynes140 Milton Keynes · Bletchley
- Stockton-on-Tees130 Stockton-on-Tees · Billingham · Thornaby-on-Tees · Ingleby Barwick
- Bradford103 Bradford · Bingley · Ilkley · Keighley · Shipley
- Cornwall99 Truro · Bodmin · Bude · Callington · Camborne · Falmouth · Hayle · Helston · Launceston · Liskeard · Newquay · Penzance · Redruth · Saltash · St Austell · St Ives · Torpoint · Wadebridge · Mevagissey
- Hackney93 Hackney
All 79 council areas (69 more)
- Hounslow91 Hounslow
- Medway75 Chatham · Gillingham · Rochester · Strood
- Haringey75 Haringey · Tottenham
- Leeds70 Leeds · Morley · Pudsey · Wetherby · Yeadon · Horsforth
- Wakefield65 Wakefield · Castleford · Hemsworth · Knottingley · Normanton · Ossett · Pontefract
- North Tyneside65 Tynemouth · Wallsend · Whitley Bay · North Shields
- Barnsley59
- Hammersmith and Fulham58 Hammersmith
- Hillingdon56 Hillingdon · Hayes · Uxbridge
- Telford and Wrekin53 Telford · Newport · Wellington
- Birmingham50 Birmingham · Royal Sutton Coldfield
- Redbridge46 Redbridge · Barkingside · Ilford
- Central Bedfordshire46 Ampthill · Biggleswade · Dunstable · Flitwick · Houghton Regis · Leighton Buzzard · Sandy
- Rotherham46 Rotherham · Maltby · Wath upon Dearne
- Norwich46 Norwich
- Wealden43 Crowborough · Hailsham · Uckfield
- Chelmsford42 Chelmsford · South Woodham Ferrers
- Waltham Forest42 Waltham Forest · Chingford · Walthamstow
- Sefton41 Bootle · Crosby · Formby · Maghull · Southport
- Enfield39 Enfield Town · Edmonton
- Wandsworth38 Wandsworth · Battersea
- Tunbridge Wells38 Royal Tunbridge Wells · Southborough · Cranbrook
- Swindon36 Swindon
- Chesterfield33 Chesterfield · Staveley
- Ipswich33 Ipswich
- Islington31 Islington
- Shropshire30 Bridgnorth · Church Stretton · Ludlow · Market Drayton · Oswestry · Shrewsbury · Wem · Whitchurch · Shifnal
- Colchester30 Colchester · West Mersea · Wivenhoe · Highwoods · West Bergholt
- Tandridge28 Caterham · Oxted · Warlingham
- Wiltshire27 Salisbury · Amesbury · Bradford-on-Avon · Calne · Chippenham · Corsham · Devizes · Marlborough · Melksham · Trowbridge · Warminster · Westbury
- Somerset26 Wells · Axbridge · Bridgwater · Burnham-on-Sea · Chard · Frome · Glastonbury · Minehead · Shepton Mallet · Street · Taunton · Yeovil
- Swale26 Faversham · Sheerness · Sittingbourne
- Newham25 Newham
- Portsmouth23 Portsmouth
- Kingston upon Thames23 Kingston upon Thames
- Lewisham22 Lewisham · Upper Sydenham
- Braintree22 Braintree · Coggeshall · Halstead · Witham
- West Berkshire21 Newbury · Thatcham
- Rochford19 Rayleigh
- Walsall18 Walsall · Aldridge · Bloxwich · Brownhills · Darlaston · Willenhall
- Southend-on-Sea17 Southend-on-Sea
- Ealing15 Ealing · Southall
- South Gloucestershire14 Bradley Stoke · Chipping Sodbury · Filton · Thornbury · Yate · Kingswood
- North Hertfordshire13 Hitchin · Letchworth · Royston
- York12 York
- Breckland9 Attleborough · Dereham · Swaffham · Thetford
- Adur7 Shoreham-by-Sea · Lancing
- Peterborough7 Peterborough
- North Somerset6 Clevedon · Nailsea · Portishead · Weston-super-Mare
- Kensington and Chelsea5 Kensington and Chelsea
- Bexley5 Bexley · Bexleyheath · Sidcup
- Croydon5 Croydon
- Brent4 Brent · Wembley
- North Norfolk4 Cromer · North Walsham
- Tower Hamlets4 Tower Hamlets
- Southampton3 Southampton
- Hertsmere3 Borehamwood · Bushey · Potters Bar · Radlett
- Bromley3 Bromley · Biggin Hill · Orpington
- South Ribble2 Leyland
- Havering2 Havering · Hornchurch · Romford
- Manchester2 Manchester · Withington
- Uttlesford2 Great Dunmow · Saffron Walden
- Sandwell2 Blackheath · Oldbury · Rowley Regis · Smethwick · Tipton · Wednesbury · West Bromwich
- Lewes2 Lewes · Newhaven · Peacehaven · Seaford
- Camden2 Camden
- Slough2 Slough
- Greenwich1 Greenwich · Thamesmead · Woolwich
- Three Rivers1 Chorleywood · Rickmansworth · Abbots Langley
- Tonbridge and Malling1 Tonbridge · Snodland · Larkfield
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 | £93 | £154 |
| 1 bed | £109 | £157 |
| 2 bed | £127 | £187 |
| 3 bed | £141 | £208 |
| 4 bed | £157 | £243 |
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).
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 1,059 tenant responses. Each figure is the share of tenants who said they were satisfied.
Ranked 229th of 350 landlords in England for overall tenant satisfaction. See the league table · Compare it on every measure
The thin marker on each bar is the median across all landlords in the data set. The landlord's own TSM report: habinteg.org.uk/our-performance.
Repairs, safety and complaints
From the landlord's own records reported to the regulator for 2024/25.
Repair targets: 20 24
Housing Ombudsman decisions
In the Ombudsman's 2025-26 review, Habinteg Housing Association Limited had 7 complaint determinations. 58% of findings went against the landlord (sector average 60%).
better than the sector average of 60%
The Housing Ombudsman has published 24 decisions about Habinteg Housing Association Limited in its searchable archive.
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Housing Association (202507807)
No Maladministration Dec 2025
Decision Case ID 202507807 Decision type Investigation Landlord Habinteg Housing Association Limited Landlord type Housing Association Occupancy Assured Tenancy Date 22 December 2025 Background The property is a ground floor flat that the
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Housing Association (202302620)
Maladministration Jul 2025
The complaint is about the landlord\u2019s handling of the resident\u2019s reports of repairs.
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Housing Association (202323678)
Partial Maladministration Jul 2025
The complaint is about the landlord\u2019s response to the resident\u2019s: Request for a smoke test to establish how cooking fumes were entering the property. Concerns raised regarding the landlord\u2019s management of asbestos within her
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Managing Relations (202411853)
Maladministration Jun 2025
The complaint is about: The landlord\u2019s handling of the resident\u2019s reports of blocked drains and smell of chemical fumes within the property. The landlord\u2019s handling of the associated complaint.
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Housing Association (202225256)
Partial Maladministration May 2025
The complaint is about the landlord\u2019s response to the resident\u2019s complaint about: Its handling of issues with the: Communal aerial. Guttering. Communal window. Her reports about parking issues. Its use of its reasonable behaviour
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Old Complaints Handling categories (202322067)
Maladministration Apr 2025
The complaint is about the landlord\u2019s handling of: Wet room repairs. The resident\u2019s complaint.
Source: the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive, checked 13 Oct 2026. To see every case, search the archive for "Habinteg Housing Association Limited". Most landlords have some upheld complaints; compare the numbers with the landlord's size.
Swapping with a tenant of Habinteg 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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