Sanctuary Affordable Housing Limited
Sanctuary Affordable Housing tenants can swap homes with other social housing tenants through a mutual exchange, with Sanctuary Affordable Housing's permission.
7,032 homes across 93 council areas, mostly in Cornwall, Rochford and Sheffield. Registered social landlord no. 4684. 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
Sanctuary Affordable Housing Limited owns about 7,032 social homes across 93 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.
- Cornwall701 Truro · Bodmin · Bude · Callington · Camborne · Falmouth · Hayle · Helston · Launceston · Liskeard · Newquay · Penzance · Redruth · Saltash · St Austell · St Ives · Torpoint · Wadebridge · Mevagissey
- Rochford438 Rayleigh
- Sheffield300
- Cherwell280 Banbury · Bicester · Kidlington
- Haringey277 Haringey · Tottenham
- Telford and Wrekin265 Telford · Newport · Wellington
- Uttlesford222 Great Dunmow · Saffron Walden
- Braintree190 Braintree · Coggeshall · Halstead · Witham
- Stoke-on-Trent185 Stoke-on-Trent
- Wychavon160 Droitwich Spa · Evesham
All 93 council areas (83 more)
- Cheshire West and Chester154 Chester · Ellesmere Port · Frodsham · Neston · Northwich · Winsford
- Leeds145 Leeds · Morley · Pudsey · Wetherby · Yeadon · Horsforth
- Swale144 Faversham · Sheerness · Sittingbourne
- Lichfield137 Lichfield · Burntwood · Fazeley
- North Yorkshire133 Ripon · Harrogate · Knaresborough · Northallerton · Scarborough · Selby · Skipton · Whitby
- Worcester132 Worcester
- South Cambridgeshire104 Cambourne
- Waltham Forest98 Waltham Forest · Chingford · Walthamstow
- Kingston upon Hull, City of95 Kingston upon Hull
- Barnet90 Barnet · Colindale · Edgware · Hendon
- Somerset88 Wells · Axbridge · Bridgwater · Burnham-on-Sea · Chard · Frome · Glastonbury · Minehead · Shepton Mallet · Street · Taunton · Yeovil
- Walsall86 Walsall · Aldridge · Bloxwich · Brownhills · Darlaston · Willenhall
- Dover84 Dover · Deal
- Bradford83 Bradford · Bingley · Keighley · Shipley
- Doncaster82 Doncaster · Bentley · Mexborough · Thorne · Armthorpe
- Torbay82 Brixham · Paignton · Torquay
- Shropshire82 Bridgnorth · Church Stretton · Ludlow · Market Drayton · Oswestry · Shrewsbury · Wem · Whitchurch · Shifnal
- Chesterfield81 Chesterfield · Staveley
- Gloucester77 Gloucester
- Fenland76 March · Whittlesey · Wisbech
- Malvern Hills75 Great Malvern
- Torridge73 Bideford
- Rotherham73 Rotherham · Maltby · Wath upon Dearne
- Sandwell70 Blackheath · Oldbury · Rowley Regis · Smethwick · Tipton · Wednesbury · West Bromwich
- Gravesham70 Gravesend · Northfleet
- East Suffolk66 Beccles · Felixstowe · Halesworth · Lowestoft · Southwold · Woodbridge
- Folkestone and Hythe66 Folkestone · Hythe
- Tendring65 Brightlingsea · Clacton-on-Sea · Frinton-on-Sea · Harwich · Manningtree
- Stroud61 Stroud · Dursley · Stonehouse
- South Norfolk61 Diss · Wymondham
- East Cambridgeshire58 Ely
- Wirral58 Bebington · Birkenhead · Heswall · Hoylake · Wallasey
- Birmingham56 Birmingham · Royal Sutton Coldfield
- Barnsley56
- West Suffolk56 Bury St Edmunds · Clare · Haverhill · Mildenhall · Newmarket
- Ipswich53 Ipswich
- Norwich51 Norwich
- Cheltenham49 Cheltenham
- Breckland48 Attleborough · Dereham · Swaffham · Thetford
- Teignbridge48 Buckfastleigh · Dawlish · Newton Abbot · Teignmouth
- Southend-on-Sea48 Southend-on-Sea
- Harlow47 Harlow
- Newham40 Newham
- Liverpool40 Liverpool
- Great Yarmouth29 Great Yarmouth · Gorleston-on-Sea
- Bassetlaw29 Retford · Worksop
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk28 King's Lynn · Downham Market
- Herefordshire, County of28 Hereford · Bromyard · Kington · Ledbury · Leominster · Ross-on-Wye
- Plymouth27 Plymouth
- Babergh26 Acton · Hadleigh · Sudbury
- North West Leicestershire26 Coalville · Ibstock
- North Norfolk25 Cromer · North Walsham
- Buckinghamshire24 Buckingham · Amersham · Aylesbury · Beaconsfield · Chesham · Gerrards Cross · High Wycombe · Marlow · Princes Risborough
- Basildon24 Basildon · Billericay · Wickford
- Broadland24 Sprowston
- Epsom and Ewell21 Epsom · Ewell
- County Durham20 Durham · Bishop Auckland · Chester-le-Street · Consett · Crook · Newton Aycliffe · Peterlee · Seaham · Spennymoor · Stanley
- Pendle19 Barnoldswick · Brierfield · Colne · Nelson
- Hackney17 Hackney
- Westmorland and Furness16 Barrow-in-Furness · Kendal · Penrith · Ulverston
- St. Helens16 St Helens · Billinge · Newton-le-Willows
- North Devon13 Barnstaple · Ilfracombe
- Reigate and Banstead12 Banstead · Reigate · Horley · Redhill
- Cotswold12 Cirencester
- Cheshire East12 Bollington · Congleton · Crewe · Knutsford · Macclesfield · Nantwich · Sandbach · Wilmslow
- Redditch11 Redditch
- Stratford-on-Avon10 Henley-in-Arden · Stratford-upon-Avon
- Hartlepool10 Hartlepool
- Stafford10 Stafford
- Rugby10 Rugby
- East Devon10 Exmouth · Honiton · Sidmouth
- Mid Suffolk9 Stowmarket
- Warwick8 Warwick · Kenilworth · Royal Leamington Spa
- Kirklees7 Batley · Dewsbury · Heckmondwike · Huddersfield · Mirfield
- North East Derbyshire7 Dronfield
- Cambridge7 Cambridge
- Elmbridge6 Esher · Walton-on-Thames · Weybridge
- Calderdale5 Brighouse · Halifax · Hebden Bridge
- South Ribble5 Leyland
- Chorley4 Chorley · Adlington
- Tonbridge and Malling3 Tonbridge · Snodland · Larkfield
- Burnley2 Burnley · Padiham
- Hyndburn1 Accrington · Church · Clayton-le-Moors · Great Harwood
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 | £85 | £126 |
| 1 bed | £101 | £135 |
| 2 bed | £117 | £165 |
| 3 bed | £130 | £190 |
| 4 bed | £145 | £231 |
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). Sanctuary Affordable Housing Limited is covered by the judgement on Sanctuary Housing Association.
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 Sanctuary Affordable Housing Limited tenants
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Housing Ombudsman decisions
You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "Sanctuary Affordable Housing Limited" to see published complaints about this landlord.
How to check Sanctuary Affordable Housing's reputation
Sanctuary Affordable Housing 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 "Sanctuary Affordable Housing 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 Cornwall: see our Truro guide for what it's like to live there.
Swapping with a tenant of Sanctuary Affordable 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.
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