Social Landlords In The East of England
Housing associations and councils with homes in the East of England, rated by their own tenants.
What Is The Best Housing Association In The East Of England?
Going by what their own tenants say, the highest-rated housing association with 1,000 or more homes in the East of England is Cross Keys Homes Limited, where 91.6% of tenants are satisfied with the overall service (2024/25 Tenant Satisfaction Measures). The highest-rated council landlord here is Tendring District Council at 81.3%.
Thinking of swapping into the East of England? With a mutual exchange you take on the other tenant's landlord, so it pays to know who the landlords are and how their own tenants rate them. This page lists every housing association and council with 250 or more homes in the East of England that publishes tenant survey results, using the same official figures as our landlord league table.
Scores are for each landlord as a whole, not just its homes here. Landlords with fewer than 1,000 homes don't have to publish tenant survey results, so they aren't rated, but they still appear in the council area list below.
Highest Rated
Overall tenant satisfaction.
- 1Cross Keys Homes LimitedHousing association · 12,265 homes here91.6%
- 2Housing 21Older people's housing · 2,166 homes here89.8%
- 3Sage Homes RP LimitedHousing association · 2,655 homes here86.2%
- 4Anchor Hanover GroupOlder people's housing · 3,580 homes here86.1%
- 5B3 Living LimitedHousing association · 4,833 homes here84.7%
Best For Repairs
Tenants satisfied with repairs.
- 1Housing 21Older people's housing · 2,166 homes here90.1%
- 2Anchor Hanover GroupOlder people's housing · 3,580 homes here86.2%
- 3Cross Keys Homes LimitedHousing association · 12,265 homes here85.5%
- 4B3 Living LimitedHousing association · 4,833 homes here84%
- 5Sage Homes RP LimitedHousing association · 2,655 homes here82.5%
Best At Listening
Tenants who say their landlord listens and acts.
- 1Cross Keys Homes LimitedHousing association · 12,265 homes here83.4%
- 2Housing 21Older people's housing · 2,166 homes here79%
- 3Sage Homes RP LimitedHousing association · 2,655 homes here78.6%
- 4Anchor Hanover GroupOlder people's housing · 3,580 homes here74.9%
- 5Muir Group Housing Association LimitedHousing association · 847 homes here73.8%
Lowest Rated
Overall tenant satisfaction, lowest first.
- 1London & Quadrant Housing TrustHousing association · 2,607 homes here53.5%
- 2Notting Hill GenesisHousing association · 4,679 homes here53.8%
- 3Basildon Borough CouncilCouncil · 10,863 homes here54.1%
- 4St Albans City and District CouncilCouncil · 4,673 homes here54.3%
- 5Castle Point Borough CouncilCouncil · 1,508 homes here54.5%
Every Rated Landlord In The East of England
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| Landlord | Homes here | Overall satisfaction | Repairs satisfaction | Listens and acts | Home is safe | Repairs on time | Homes failing Decent Homes | Ombudsman findings against | Regulator grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Keys Homes LimitedHousing association | 12,265 | 91.6% | 85.5% | 83.4% | 92.6% | 96.7% | 0% | – | C1 |
| Housing 21Older people's housing · mostly elsewhere | 2,166 | 89.8% | 90.1% | 79% | 91.3% | 97.3% | 0% | – | C1 |
| Sage Homes RP LimitedHousing association | 2,655 | 86.2% | 82.5% | 78.6% | 92.5% | 75.7% | 0% | – | – |
| Anchor Hanover GroupOlder people's housing · mostly elsewhere | 3,580 | 86.1% | 86.2% | 74.9% | 91.2% | 78.5% | 0% | 55% | C3 |
| B3 Living LimitedHousing association | 4,833 | 84.7% | 84% | 70.3% | 83.8% | 84% | 0.5% | – | C1 |
| Muir Group Housing Association LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 847 | 82.8% | 78.3% | 73.8% | 85.3% | 75.8% | 0.3% | 55.6% | – |
| Paradigm Housing Group LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 4,378 | 82% | 81.1% | 70% | 84.4% | 86.8% | 0.7% | 53.5% | – |
| Havebury HomesHousing association | 7,725 | 81.8% | 79.6% | 73% | 86.3% | 87.1% | 0% | – | C1 |
| The Cambridge Housing Society LimitedHousing association | 2,974 | 81.7% | 70.7% | 68.3% | 80.3% | 75.8% | 0.2% | – | C2 |
| Tendring District CouncilCouncil | 3,078 | 81.3% | 81.4% | 65.2% | 79.6% | 74.3% | 0.3% | – | – |
| Legal & General Affordable Homes LimitedHousing association | 795 | 79.6% | 75.7% | 65.1% | 85% | 86.1% | 0% | – | C1* |
| South Cambridgeshire District CouncilCouncil | 5,762 | 78.6% | 79.3% | 63.5% | 82.8% | 94.7% | 1.1% | – | – |
| Delta Housing LimitedHousing association | 10,608 | 77.8% | 82% | 64.8% | 78.8% | 70.4% | 0.1% | – | – |
| Ipswich Borough CouncilCouncil | 7,763 | 77.6% | 78.2% | 58.6% | 82.8% | 74.8% | 0% | – | C3 |
| English Rural Housing Association LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 293 | 77% | 79.4% | 60.6% | 84.4% | 82.1% | 0% | – | C2 |
| Flagship Housing LimitedHousing association | 32,349 | 75.6% | 76.9% | 63.5% | 81.2% | 72.9% | 1.4% | – | – |
| Thrive Homes LimitedHousing association | 4,355 | 74.8% | 75% | 61.9% | 79% | 73.1% | 0.1% | 64.7% | – |
| Settle GroupHousing association | 9,585 | 74.7% | 69.9% | 59.2% | 77.8% | 69.5% | 0% | 50% | – |
| Great Yarmouth Borough CouncilCouncil | 5,796 | 74.6% | 76.3% | 66.3% | 85.6% | 88.7% | 0% | – | – |
| East Suffolk CouncilCouncil | 4,334 | 74.5% | 79.7% | 60.5% | 80.4% | 82.7% | 50.3% | – | C3 |
| Uttlesford District CouncilCouncil | 2,831 | 74.2% | 72.1% | 60.2% | 80.8% | 88% | 1.6% | – | – |
| Saffron Housing Trust LimitedHousing association | 6,764 | 74% | 76.8% | 63.1% | 80.9% | 66.3% | 0.1% | 63.6% | C1 |
| Hundred Houses Society LimitedHousing association | 1,350 | 73.6% | 72.6% | 66.7% | 83.8% | 75.5% | 0% | – | – |
| Salvation Army Housing AssociationHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 399 | 73.4% | 68.5% | 64.8% | 73.6% | 84.1% | 6% | – | C2 |
| Epping Forest District CouncilCouncil | 6,376 | 73.2% | 72.3% | 57.4% | 79% | 77.4% | 2.3% | 61.5% | – |
| Cambridge City CouncilCouncil | 7,719 | 73% | 77.6% | 56.1% | 72.5% | 92.4% | 0.5% | – | C2 |
| Eastlight Community Homes LimitedHousing association | 13,969 | 72.7% | 77% | 63.8% | 80.4% | 62% | 0% | 61.1% | C1 |
| Colchester City CouncilCouncil | 6,066 | 72.6% | 74.7% | 52.5% | 74.5% | 88% | 0.5% | 33.3% | – |
| bpha LimitedHousing association | 13,801 | 71.8% | 69.5% | 56.3% | 76.9% | 66.6% | 0% | 69% | C1 |
| Watford Community Housing TrustHousing association | 5,910 | 71.6% | 68.1% | 59.7% | 76.7% | 58.8% | 0.2% | 66.7% | – |
| Norwich City CouncilCouncil | 14,130 | 71.1% | 73.6% | 59.2% | 79.9% | 87.1% | 0.3% | 75% | C1 |
| Luton Borough CouncilCouncil | 7,592 | 70.4% | 78.5% | 57.2% | 73.9% | 83.3% | 0.8% | 76.9% | – |
| Southend on Sea City CouncilCouncil | 6,098 | 69.8% | 71.8% | 63% | 77.3% | 66.8% | 0.4% | 58.3% | C3 |
| Orwell Housing Association LimitedHousing association | 3,980 | 69.2% | 70.9% | 66% | 84.7% | 62% | 0.2% | – | – |
| Thurrock CouncilCouncil | 9,790 | 69.2% | 70.2% | 59.1% | 73.4% | 96.3% | 5.6% | 60.6% | – |
| Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLPHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 341 | 68.5% | 60.3% | 51.5% | 76.4% | 87.1% | 0% | – | C1* |
| Hightown Housing Association LimitedHousing association | 6,601 | 68.3% | 78.9% | 59.1% | 73.6% | 93.7% | 0% | 58.8% | – |
| Home Group LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 5,177 | 68.2% | 65.6% | 61.9% | 84.8% | 75.3% | 0.1% | 54.2% | – |
| Estuary Housing Association LimitedHousing association | 3,507 | 68% | 65.3% | 61.2% | 76.3% | 77.7% | 0% | 63.6% | – |
| Metropolitan Housing Trust LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 4,708 | 67.7% | 68.2% | 55.6% | 74.4% | 83.4% | 2.9% | – | C2 |
| The Guinness Partnership LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 2,985 | 67.7% | 71.3% | 60.2% | 76.2% | 78.3% | 0.2% | 56.9% | C1 |
| Habinteg Housing Association LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 295 | 67.2% | 66.8% | 60.1% | 75% | 78.8% | 0.2% | 57.9% | C2 |
| Moat Homes LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 4,816 | 67.2% | 64.3% | 58.3% | 74.2% | 41.3% | 0% | 61.7% | C2 |
| Stevenage Borough CouncilCouncil | 7,971 | 66.9% | 70.8% | 55.1% | 76.4% | 87% | 3.4% | 53.1% | C2 |
| Sage Rented LimitedHousing association | 2,174 | 66.7% | 65.3% | 60.6% | 80.8% | 67.9% | 0% | 34.5% | – |
| The Riverside Group LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 501 | 66.6% | 70% | 58.6% | 74.5% | 76.1% | 0.5% | 71% | – |
| Freebridge Community Housing LimitedHousing association | 6,875 | 66% | 72.4% | 53.4% | 71.9% | 57.1% | 0.9% | 44% | C2 |
| Mid Suffolk District CouncilCouncil | 3,515 | 66% | 65.2% | 54.7% | 76.9% | 46.5% | 15.4% | – | C2 |
| Orbit Group LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 1,299 | 65.6% | 64.3% | 57.3% | 79.8% | 67.4% | 0.5% | 55.3% | – |
| Hyde Housing Association LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 1,127 | 65.5% | 67.9% | 65.8% | 76.4% | 84.8% | 1.2% | 59.5% | C1 |
| Welwyn Hatfield Borough CouncilCouncil | 8,817 | 65.2% | 69.1% | 59.3% | 76.7% | 85% | 1.7% | 77.3% | – |
| Places for People Group LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 11,504 | 64.3% | 63.8% | 61.5% | 70.7% | 47.1% | 0.1% | 69.6% | C1 |
| Accent Group LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 3,819 | 64.1% | 65% | 54.8% | 71.2% | 81.3% | 0% | 67.1% | – |
| First Garden Cities Homes LimitedHousing association | 2,357 | 64% | 76.3% | 54.1% | 75.1% | 93.6% | 0% | – | C2 |
| Hastoe Housing Association LimitedHousing association | 1,972 | 63.9% | 61.7% | 52.4% | 76.2% | 80.3% | 0.4% | – | C2 |
| Sanctuary Housing AssociationHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 11,569 | 63.9% | 66.5% | 53.5% | 73.1% | 69.6% | 0.2% | 57.5% | C1 |
| Clarion Housing Group LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 26,298 | 63.7% | 63.7% | 57.1% | 69.8% | 76.3% | 0.6% | – | C2 |
| Origin Housing LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 1,607 | 63.6% | 70.7% | 59.1% | 73.9% | 87.2% | 0.9% | 59.8% | C1 |
| Babergh District CouncilCouncil | 3,562 | 63.1% | 64.8% | 48.3% | 71.3% | 47.5% | 16% | – | C2 |
| Sovereign Network GroupHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 4,571 | 63.1% | 67.6% | 53% | 74.4% | 68.6% | 2.1% | 67% | C2 |
| Southern HousingHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 637 | 63% | 65.3% | 59.3% | 78% | 72.9% | 0.4% | 68.9% | C2 |
| Broadland Housing Association LimitedHousing association | 5,605 | 62.3% | 69.6% | 52.1% | 70.7% | 81.5% | 0.1% | – | C2 |
| Amplius LivingHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 11,187 | 61.8% | 66.3% | 53.1% | 72% | 67.4% | 1.4% | 57.7% | C2 |
| Stonewater LimitedHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 4,021 | 61.8% | 63.2% | 54.4% | 75.2% | 74.6% | 0.1% | 59.2% | C2 |
| Central Bedfordshire CouncilCouncil | 5,542 | 60.9% | 65.9% | 51.4% | 65.2% | 59.8% | 13.8% | – | C3 |
| Peabody TrustHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 11,212 | 58.7% | 64.1% | 51.3% | 70.4% | 73.5% | 0.1% | 55.8% | C2 |
| Brentwood Borough CouncilCouncil | 2,387 | 57.8% | 64.3% | 47.6% | 69.8% | 93.1% | 5.5% | – | C2 |
| Dacorum Borough CouncilCouncil | 10,240 | 56.3% | 62.7% | 42.7% | 62.3% | 90.5% | 2.9% | 75% | C2 |
| Harlow District CouncilCouncil | 9,050 | 55.3% | 70.3% | 35.2% | 58.2% | 89.2% | 3.3% | 80% | C3 |
| Castle Point Borough CouncilCouncil | 1,508 | 54.5% | 62.6% | 40.4% | 63.5% | 92.6% | 0.9% | – | C3 |
| St Albans City and District CouncilCouncil | 4,673 | 54.3% | 54.5% | 43.2% | 58.4% | 79.3% | 2.6% | 82.5% | C2 |
| Basildon Borough CouncilCouncil | 10,863 | 54.1% | 51.7% | 45.1% | 66.9% | 55.9% | 3% | 76.2% | C4 |
| Notting Hill GenesisHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 4,679 | 53.8% | 57.5% | 49.1% | 65.5% | 73.2% | 0.4% | 54.8% | C3 |
| London & Quadrant Housing TrustHousing association · mostly elsewhere | 2,607 | 53.5% | 62.7% | 46.7% | 65.2% | 71.1% | 1.6% | 66.5% | C2 |
Green is better than the median English landlord, amber is worse. "Mostly elsewhere" means most of the landlord's homes are in another region. Ombudsman findings against: the share of the Housing Ombudsman's findings about the landlord that found maladministration, shown when there were 5 or more cases. Regulator grade: the consumer standards grade, from C1 (best) to C4, for landlords inspected so far.
Who Owns The Homes In Each Council Area
The biggest social landlords in each council area by homes owned there, with their overall tenant satisfaction where it's published, and how many households are on the council's waiting list.
Council area names link to our guide for that area. "Council homes swapped" only counts homes the council owns; housing association tenants swap too.
How Do Landlords In The East Of England Compare With The Rest Of England?
For the 47 landlords with most of their homes in the East of England, the typical (median) overall satisfaction is 71.6%, against 72.4% for all landlords in England: about the same.
Can I Swap My Home With A Tenant In The East Of England?
Yes. A mutual exchange lets council and housing association tenants swap homes anywhere in the UK, with both landlords' permission. When you swap, you become the other tenant's landlord's tenant, so it's worth checking that landlord's record on this page first.
Landlords In Other Regions
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To see where any one landlord stands on every measure, use Compare Your Landlord.
For the whole sector, read our tenant satisfaction report. To look up any landlord, including Welsh ones, use the landlord directory. See also council housing waiting lists and our place guides for the East of England.