YMCA Fairthorne Housing
YMCA Fairthorne Housing tenants can swap homes with other social housing tenants through a mutual exchange, with YMCA Fairthorne Housing's permission.
145 homes, mostly in Basingstoke and Deane, Southampton and Isle of Wight. Registered social landlord no. 4875. On this page: how many homes they own and where, typical rents, how to swap your home and how to check their reputation.
Size, areas and typical rents
YMCA Fairthorne Housing owns about 145 social homes across 3 council areas (2025/26).
Our place guides in each council area: what it's like to live there.
- Basingstoke and Deane83 Basingstoke
- Southampton52 Southampton
- Isle of Wight10 Brading · Cowes · East Cowes · Newport · Ryde · Sandown · Shanklin
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 | £102 | £180 |
| 1 bed | £115 | £157 |
| 2 bed | £135 | £189 |
| 3 bed | £151 | £222 |
| 4 bed | £170 | £268 |
Homes to swap from YMCA Fairthorne Housing tenants
No YMCA Fairthorne Housing 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
You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "YMCA Fairthorne Housing" to see published complaints about this landlord.
How to check YMCA Fairthorne Housing's reputation
There are no published tenant satisfaction scores for YMCA Fairthorne Housing. Landlords with fewer than 1,000 homes must still measure tenant satisfaction and share the results with their own tenants, but they don't have to send them to the regulator, so no national figures exist. With about 145 homes, YMCA Fairthorne Housing is in that group.
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 "YMCA Fairthorne Housing" 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 Basingstoke and Deane: see our Basingstoke guide for what it's like to live there.
Swapping with a tenant of YMCA Fairthorne 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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