The G15 is an organisation of the largest housing associations in and around Greater London in the United Kingdom, [1] which collectively are responsible for managing in the region of 600,000 homes in London. [2] They state their purpose as "working to solve the housing crisis by delivering good quality, affordable homes of all types". [3]
In February 2023, the G15 group confirmed that Fiona Fletcher-Smith, group CEO of L&Q, has been appointed as the network’s chair. The moves came after confirmation that current vice-chair Richard Hill (CEO of One Housing), will be joining BPHA as its new head in April. [4]
The G15 originally had 15 members, but some of them have since merged. [5] The current members are: [3]
Rank | Name | Date founded | Significant mergers | No. of dwellings | Website |
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1st | Clarion Housing Group | 2016 | Formed by merger of former G15 members Affinity Sutton and Circle in November 2016 [6] | 125,000 | clarionhg.com |
2nd | L&Q | 1963 | Former G15 member East Thames merged into L&Q in December 2016 [7] | 105,000 | lqgroup.org.uk |
3rd | Peabody Trust | 1862 | Former G15 member Family Mosaic merged into Peabody in July 2017. [8] Former G15 member Catalyst merged into Peabody in April 2022. [9] | 104,000 | peabody.org.uk |
4th | Southern Housing | 2022 | Former G15 members Optivo and Southern Housing Group merged in 2022 | 78,000 | southernhousing.org.uk |
5th | Notting Hill Genesis | 1963 | Former G15 members Genesis and Notting Hill merged in 2018 | 68,000 | nhg.org.uk |
6th | The Guinness Partnership | 1890 | Founded by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, [10] a great grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in London and Dublin. | 60,000 | guinnesspartnership.com/ |
7th | Metropolitan Thames Valley | 1963 | Metropolitan Housing Trust merged with Thames Valley Homes | 57,000 | metropolitan.org.uk |
8th | Hyde Group | 1967 | 50,000 | hyde-housing.co.uk | |
9th | A2Dominion Group | 1947 | In 2008, A2 and Dominion merged, forming one of the UK’s largest housing groups, A2Dominion | 39,000 | a2dominion.co.uk |
10th | Network Homes | 1974 | Founded as Brent People's Housing Association | 21,000 | networkhomes.org.uk |
11th | One Housing Group [2] | 1962 | Formed by merger of Community Housing Association (1972) and Toynbee HA (1962) | 17,000 | onehousing.co.uk |