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%.

74Landlordsrated, 2024/25
71.6%Satisfiedat the typical landlord based here
91,871Householdson council waiting lists

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.

  1. 1Cross Keys Homes LimitedHousing association · 12,265 homes here91.6%
  2. 2Housing 21Older people's housing · 2,166 homes here89.8%
  3. 3Sage Homes RP LimitedHousing association · 2,655 homes here86.2%
  4. 4Anchor Hanover GroupOlder people's housing · 3,580 homes here86.1%
  5. 5B3 Living LimitedHousing association · 4,833 homes here84.7%

Best For Repairs

Tenants satisfied with repairs.

  1. 1Housing 21Older people's housing · 2,166 homes here90.1%
  2. 2Anchor Hanover GroupOlder people's housing · 3,580 homes here86.2%
  3. 3Cross Keys Homes LimitedHousing association · 12,265 homes here85.5%
  4. 4B3 Living LimitedHousing association · 4,833 homes here84%
  5. 5Sage Homes RP LimitedHousing association · 2,655 homes here82.5%

Best At Listening

Tenants who say their landlord listens and acts.

  1. 1Cross Keys Homes LimitedHousing association · 12,265 homes here83.4%
  2. 2Housing 21Older people's housing · 2,166 homes here79%
  3. 3Sage Homes RP LimitedHousing association · 2,655 homes here78.6%
  4. 4Anchor Hanover GroupOlder people's housing · 3,580 homes here74.9%
  5. 5Muir Group Housing Association LimitedHousing association · 847 homes here73.8%

Lowest Rated

Overall tenant satisfaction, lowest first.

  1. 1London & Quadrant Housing TrustHousing association · 2,607 homes here53.5%
  2. 2Notting Hill GenesisHousing association · 4,679 homes here53.8%
  3. 3Basildon Borough CouncilCouncil · 10,863 homes here54.1%
  4. 4St Albans City and District CouncilCouncil · 4,673 homes here54.3%
  5. 5Castle Point Borough CouncilCouncil · 1,508 homes here54.5%

Every Rated Landlord In The East of England

Click a column heading to sort. Names open the landlord's full profile.

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 areaBiggest landlords thereHouseholds waitingCouncil homes swapped
Babergh 1,067 105
Basildon 2,376 169
Bedford 2,465 –
Braintree 3,428 –
Breckland 1,089 –
Brentwood 261 15
Broadland 869 –
Broxbourne 1,686 –
Cambridge 1,810 40
Castle Point 748 9
Central Bedfordshire 2,980 31
Chelmsford 1,855 –
Colchester 1,730 41
Dacorum 1,448 110
East Cambridgeshire 1,248 –
East Hertfordshire 2,455 –
East Suffolk 4,892 49
Epping Forest 1,241 39
Fenland 1,756 –
Great Yarmouth 1,050 58
Harlow 1,919 77
Hertsmere 717 –
Huntingdonshire 3,041 –
Ipswich 2,468 0
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 1,180 –
Luton 10,828 65
Maldon 818 –
Mid Suffolk 928 93
North Hertfordshire 2,191 –
North Norfolk 2,199 –
Norwich 3,211 191
Peterborough 2,829 –
Rochford 751 –
South Cambridgeshire 1,956 49
South Norfolk 788 –
Southend-on-Sea 1,359 37
St Albans 330 53
Stevenage 1,311 71
Tendring 1,857 37
Three Rivers 1,040 –
Thurrock 5,114 72
Uttlesford 1,374 15
Watford 1,232 –
Welwyn Hatfield 3,388 0
West Suffolk 2,588 –

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.

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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.

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Official figures checked : we look for newly published figures every week, and this page shows the latest available.

Sources: Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25, Statistical Data Return (homes by council area) and regulatory judgements; Housing Ombudsman, annual complaints review landlord tables; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Authority Housing Statistics (waiting lists and council homes). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.