Places for People Homes Limited
Places for People Homes tenants can swap homes with other social housing tenants through a mutual exchange, with Places for People Homes' permission.
41,301 homes across 202 council areas, mostly in Sheffield, Preston and Kingston upon Hull, City of. Registered social landlord no. L0659. On this page: the regulator's grades, how many homes they own and where, typical rents and how to swap your home.
Size, areas and typical rents
Places for People Homes Limited owns about 41,301 social homes across 202 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.
- Sheffield2,551
- Preston2,173 Preston
- Kingston upon Hull, City of2,070 Kingston upon Hull
- Chorley2,004 Chorley · Adlington
- Newcastle upon Tyne1,480 Newcastle upon Tyne
- Bradford1,394 Bradford · Bingley · Keighley · Shipley
- Milton Keynes1,357 Milton Keynes · Bletchley
- Bolton1,206 Bolton · Farnworth · Horwich · Kearsley · Little Lever · Westhoughton
- Blackburn with Darwen1,039 Blackburn · Darwen
- Manchester981 Manchester · Withington
All 202 council areas (192 more)
- Hounslow956 Hounslow
- Nottingham942 Nottingham
- Leeds879 Leeds · Morley · Pudsey · Wetherby · Yeadon · Horsforth
- North Tyneside664 Wallsend · Whitley Bay · North Shields
- Tendring656 Brightlingsea · Clacton-on-Sea · Frinton-on-Sea · Harwich · Manningtree
- North Northamptonshire595 Corby · Desborough · Kettering · Rushden · Wellingborough
- Northumberland566 Ashington · Bedlington · Blyth · Cramlington · Hexham · Morpeth
- South Tyneside562 Hebburn · Jarrow · South Shields
- Lancaster559 Lancaster · Morecambe
- Eastbourne541 Eastbourne
- Gateshead497 Gateshead · Blaydon · Birtley
- Wyre497 Fleetwood · Garstang · Poulton-le-Fylde · Thornton
- Calderdale497 Brighouse · Halifax · Hebden Bridge
- Doncaster467 Doncaster · Bentley · Mexborough · Thorne · Armthorpe
- Bedford465 Bedford
- Bury417 Bury · Radcliffe · Ramsbottom · Whitefield · Prestwich
- Arun408 Arundel · Bognor Regis · Littlehampton
- Oldham396 Oldham · Chadderton · Failsworth · Lees · Royton · Shaw
- Rother361 Bexhill-on-Sea
- East Riding of Yorkshire356 Beverley · Bridlington · Cottingham · Goole · Hessle
- Kirklees313 Batley · Dewsbury · Heckmondwike · Huddersfield · Mirfield
- Stockton-on-Tees301 Stockton-on-Tees · Billingham · Thornaby-on-Tees · Ingleby Barwick
- Blackpool300 Blackpool
- Bristol, City of285 Bristol
- Mansfield281 Mansfield
- Norwich275 Norwich
- Cheshire East270 Bollington · Congleton · Crewe · Knutsford · Macclesfield · Nantwich · Sandbach · Wilmslow
- Darlington267 Darlington
- Wakefield263 Wakefield · Castleford · Hemsworth · Knottingley · Normanton · Ossett · Pontefract
- North Yorkshire262 Ripon · Harrogate · Knaresborough · Northallerton · Scarborough · Selby · Skipton · Whitby
- Derby251 Derby
- South Norfolk250 Diss · Wymondham
- Dover245 Dover · Deal
- Folkestone and Hythe243 Folkestone · Hythe
- County Durham241 Durham · Bishop Auckland · Chester-le-Street · Consett · Crook · Newton Aycliffe · Peterlee · Seaham · Spennymoor · Stanley
- Middlesbrough240 Middlesbrough
- Thanet239 Broadstairs · Margate · Ramsgate
- Fylde226 Kirkham · Lytham St Anne's
- Breckland222 Attleborough · Dereham · Swaffham · Thetford
- Ashfield217 Hucknall · Kirkby-in-Ashfield · Sutton in Ashfield
- Rotherham207 Rotherham · Maltby · Wath upon Dearne
- Lincoln203 Lincoln
- Dorset201 Blandford Forum · Bridport · Dorchester · Ferndown · Gillingham · Shaftesbury · Sherborne · Swanage · Weymouth · Wimborne Minster
- Rossendale186 Bacup · Haslingden · Rawtenstall · Whitworth
- Leicester182 Leicester
- Isle of Wight168 Brading · Cowes · East Cowes · Newport · Ryde · Sandown · Shanklin
- Sevenoaks164 Sevenoaks · Edenbridge · Swanley · Westerham
- East Suffolk161 Beccles · Felixstowe · Halesworth · Lowestoft · Southwold · Woodbridge
- Colchester160 Colchester · West Mersea · Wivenhoe · Highwoods · West Bergholt
- South Cambridgeshire159 Cambourne
- Mid Sussex156 Burgess Hill · Cuckfield · East Grinstead · Haywards Heath
- Wokingham156 Wokingham · Woodley · Earley
- Swindon154 Swindon
- South Oxfordshire149 Didcot · Henley-on-Thames · Thame · Wallingford · Watlington
- North Lincolnshire146 Brigg · Scunthorpe
- Canterbury146 Canterbury · Herne Bay · Whitstable
- Cornwall145 Truro · Bodmin · Bude · Callington · Camborne · Falmouth · Hayle · Helston · Launceston · Liskeard · Newquay · Penzance · Redruth · Saltash · St Austell · St Ives · Torpoint · Wadebridge · Mevagissey
- Sefton137 Bootle · Crosby · Formby · Maghull · Southport
- Worthing134 Worthing
- Burnley132 Burnley · Padiham
- Swale129 Faversham · Sheerness · Sittingbourne
- West Lindsey128 Gainsborough
- Eastleigh123 Eastleigh · Hedge End · Chandler's Ford
- Hillingdon123 Hillingdon · Hayes · Uxbridge
- Sunderland121 Sunderland · Houghton-le-Spring · Washington
- Bassetlaw114 Retford · Worksop
- Tameside112 Ashton-under-Lyne · Denton · Droylsden · Dukinfield · Hyde · Mossley · Stalybridge
- Ashford111 Ashford · Tenterden
- West Northamptonshire111 Brackley · Daventry · Northampton
- Tower Hamlets110 Tower Hamlets
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole110 Bournemouth · Poole · Christchurch
- North Norfolk109 Cromer · North Walsham
- Dartford108 Dartford · Swanscombe
- Gedling107 Arnold
- Maidstone104 Maidstone · Staplehurst
- Salford101 Salford · Eccles · Irlam · Swinton · Walkden
- Hyndburn96 Accrington · Church · Clayton-le-Moors · Great Harwood
- Birmingham93 Birmingham · Royal Sutton Coldfield
- Buckinghamshire89 Buckingham · Amersham · Aylesbury · Beaconsfield · Chesham · Gerrards Cross · High Wycombe · Marlow · Princes Risborough
- Hastings84 Hastings
- Portsmouth84 Portsmouth
- Broxtowe83 Beeston · Eastwood
- Wiltshire78 Salisbury · Amesbury · Bradford-on-Avon · Calne · Chippenham · Corsham · Devizes · Marlborough · Melksham · Trowbridge · Warminster · Westbury
- South Ribble75 Leyland
- Three Rivers74 Chorleywood · Rickmansworth · Abbots Langley
- Hackney73 Hackney
- Brighton and Hove71 Brighton and Hove · Portslade-by-Sea · Rottingdean
- Exeter71 Exeter
- Huntingdonshire71 Huntingdon · St Ives · St Neots
- Halton71 Runcorn · Widnes
- Peterborough70 Peterborough
- Somerset70 Wells · Axbridge · Bridgwater · Burnham-on-Sea · Chard · Frome · Glastonbury · Minehead · Shepton Mallet · Street · Taunton · Yeovil
- Lewes69 Lewes · Newhaven · Peacehaven · Seaford
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk68 King's Lynn · Downham Market
- Southampton68 Southampton
- Enfield65 Enfield Town · Edmonton
- Chichester65 Chichester · Midhurst
- North Somerset64 Clevedon · Nailsea · Portishead · Weston-super-Mare
- Central Bedfordshire64 Ampthill · Biggleswade · Dunstable · Flitwick · Houghton Regis · Leighton Buzzard · Sandy
- West Suffolk61 Bury St Edmunds · Clare · Haverhill · Mildenhall · Newmarket
- New Forest61 Lymington · New Milton · Totton
- South Gloucestershire60 Bradley Stoke · Chipping Sodbury · Filton · Thornbury · Yate · Kingswood
- Newark and Sherwood59 Newark-on-Trent
- Luton55 Luton
- Hertsmere53 Borehamwood · Bushey · Potters Bar · Radlett
- Wigan53 Wigan · Ashton-in-Makerfield · Atherton · Golborne · Hindley · Leigh · Tyldesley
- Amber Valley52 Alfreton · Belper · Heanor · Ripley
- Mid Suffolk52 Stowmarket
- East Hampshire51 Alton · Petersfield
- Wealden51 Crowborough · Hailsham · Uckfield
- West Berkshire51 Newbury · Thatcham
- Gravesham47 Gravesend · Northfleet
- Havant44 Havant · Emsworth · Waterlooville
- Hartlepool43 Hartlepool
- Epping Forest42 Epping · Chigwell · Chipping Ongar · Loughton · Waltham Abbey
- Charnwood41 Loughborough · Shepshed · Syston
- Maldon40 Maldon · Burnham-on-Crouch
- Gosport40 Gosport
- Basingstoke and Deane39 Basingstoke
- Camden30 Camden
- Croydon29 Croydon
- Ribble Valley28 Clitheroe
- Hammersmith and Fulham27 Hammersmith
- Barnsley26
- Redbridge26 Redbridge · Barkingside · Ilford
- Newham26 Newham
- Crawley24 Crawley
- Nuneaton and Bedworth24 Bedworth · Nuneaton
- East Hertfordshire23 Bishop's Stortford · Hertford · Ware
- Great Yarmouth22 Great Yarmouth · Gorleston-on-Sea
- Cherwell20 Banbury · Bicester · Kidlington
- Tonbridge and Malling20 Tonbridge · Snodland · Larkfield
- West Devon19 Okehampton · Tavistock
- Kingston upon Thames18 Kingston upon Thames
- Plymouth18 Plymouth
- Pendle18 Barnoldswick · Brierfield · Colne · Nelson
- Test Valley18 Andover · Romsey
- Islington16 Islington
- Reading16 Reading · Tilehurst
- West Lancashire16 Ormskirk · Skelmersdale
- North Kesteven16 Sleaford
- Slough15 Slough
- Watford15 Watford
- Uttlesford15 Great Dunmow · Saffron Walden
- Barnet15 Barnet · Colindale · Edgware · Hendon
- Horsham15 Horsham · Steyning · Billingshurst · Pulborough · Storrington
- Bolsover14 Bolsover
- Kensington and Chelsea13 Kensington and Chelsea
- Stroud13 Stroud · Dursley · Stonehouse
- Torridge13 Bideford
- South Kesteven13 Grantham · Stamford
- South Derbyshire12 Swadlincote
- Rochdale11 Rochdale · Heywood · Littleborough · Middleton · Milnrow
- Castle Point11 Canvey Island · South Benfleet
- Trafford11 Altrincham · Partington · Sale · Stretford · Urmston
- Braintree11 Braintree · Coggeshall · Halstead · Witham
- Coventry11 Coventry
- Stockport10 Stockport · Bramhall · Cheadle · Cheadle Hulme · Gatley · Hazel Grove · Marple
- Erewash10 Ilkeston · Long Eaton
- Southend-on-Sea8 Southend-on-Sea
- Rushcliffe7 West Bridgford
- Oxford7 Oxford
- Lewisham6 Lewisham · Upper Sydenham
- North East Lincolnshire6 Cleethorpes · Grimsby · Immingham
- North Hertfordshire5 Hitchin · Letchworth · Royston
- Haringey4 Haringey · Tottenham
- Lambeth3 Lambeth · Brixton · Streatham
- Sutton3 Sutton
- East Lindsey3 Louth · Skegness
- St. Helens3 St Helens · Billinge · Newton-le-Willows
- Broadland3 Sprowston
- Thurrock3 Grays · Stanford-le-Hope · Tilbury
- Medway2 Chatham · Gillingham · Rochester · Strood
- Rochford2 Rayleigh
- Gloucester2 Gloucester
- North West Leicestershire2 Coalville · Ibstock
- Westmorland and Furness2 Barrow-in-Furness · Kendal · Penrith · Ulverston
- Basildon2 Basildon · Billericay · Wickford
- Welwyn Hatfield2 Hatfield · Welwyn Garden City
- Cheshire West and Chester1 Chester · Ellesmere Port · Frodsham · Neston · Northwich · Winsford
- Chesterfield1 Chesterfield · Staveley
- Merton1 Merton · Mitcham · Morden · Wimbledon
- Redcar and Cleveland1 Redcar · Guisborough
- Waltham Forest1 Waltham Forest · Chingford · Walthamstow
- Windsor and Maidenhead1 Maidenhead · Windsor · Eton
- Blaby1 Blaby
- Warrington1 Warrington
- Bath and North East Somerset1 Bath · Keynsham · Midsomer Norton · Radstock
- Ealing1 Ealing · Southall
- Telford and Wrekin1 Telford · Newport · Wellington
- Bexley1 Bexley · Bexleyheath · Sidcup
- Westminster1 City of Westminster
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 | £83 | £121 |
| 1 bed | £95 | £123 |
| 2 bed | £111 | £148 |
| 3 bed | £122 | £169 |
| 4 bed | £137 | £198 |
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). Places for People Homes Limited is covered by the judgement on Places for People Group Limited.
Councils are graded on consumer standards only. A grade is a snapshot at the date shown; the regulator publishes updates as it inspects.
Homes to swap from Places for People Homes Limited tenants
No Places for People Homes Limited tenants have listed a home yet. Are you one? List your home and it will appear here.
Tenant Ratings On Mutual Home Exchange
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Housing Ombudsman decisions
No published Housing Ombudsman decisions were found for Places for People Homes Limited when we checked on 20 Oct 2026. You can search the decisions archive for "Places for People Homes Limited" yourself.
How to check Places for People Homes' reputation
Places for People Homes doesn't appear in the regulator's latest published tenant satisfaction figures, so there are no national scores to show here.
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 "Places for People Homes 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 Sheffield.
Swapping with a tenant of Places for People Homes?
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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