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Top 20 affordable rented housing
NameUnits 02/03
1Places for People1576
2Home Group 1180
3New Downland 1094
4Waterloo 1034
5Bromford Carinthia 1033
6Southern965
7Optima876
8Swaythling855
9Chiltern Hundreds 848
10East Thames 799
11Sovereign 784
12Circle 33 780
13Focus 758
14Raglan 720
15Acton 676
16Stadium 660
17Metropolitan 652
18Swan 648
19Orbit 621
20Warden 618
Northern associations top the list here, led by Places for People and Home. Southern associations are less prominent, although they still have strong programmes.
Top 20 rehab and repair
NameUnits 02/03
1Places for People 711
2Home Group 624
3Wyre Forest 531
4Acton 501
5Horizon 485
6Community 333
7Solon Co-operative 330
8London & Quadrant 318
9Ujima 300
10Presentation 276
11William Sutton 252
12Octavia 245
13Home 241
14Beacon 204
15Waterloo 202
16South Yorkshire 200
17New Downland 189
18Stadium 185
19Signpost 180
20Action150
The same top two again, although Southern associations feature much more prominently, such as Acton and Horizon.
Top 30 low-cost homeownership
NameUnits 02/03
1Tower1048
2Genesis754
3=Moat Housing Group600
3=Boleyn & Forest 600
5Metropolitan 530
6Waterloo 455
7Swaythling 367
8Notting Hill 353
9Southern 340
10Sovereign 324
11Midsummer 314
12Merlion Two Thousand 297
13Keystart 296
14Maritime 292
15Acton 278
16Newlon 243
17North British241
18Thames Valley 233
19Chiltern Hundreds 231
20Sutherland 190
21Riverside 176
22Bromford Carinthia 165
23Manchester Methodist 164
24Focus Home Options Agency 163
25=Airways 157
25=Home Group 157
27de Montfort 152
28Pavilion 135
29=Raglan127
29=Hightown Praetorian and Churches 127
The regional split is much pronounced here, with L&Q’s Tower Homes heading the list. Higher house prices relative to incomes make these schemes more attractive in the South.
Top 20 private rent and sale
NameUnits 02/03
1Peabody Trust3579
2Irwell Valley1243
3Cosmopolitan648
4Newlon646
5Hyde 332
6Shaftesbury219
7Acton150
8New Islington & Hackney92
9Soha 83
10Family 77
11Yorkshire Housing70
12=East Thames 38
12=Fosseway 38
14Chichester Diocesan 30
15=Cherwell 20
15=Eastleigh20
15=mhs homes20
15=Karin20
19Rosebery 19
20Wandle 18
Peabody and Irwell top the list here. This reflects a trend for big associations to use their balance sheets to support the risk of developing homes without grant funding.
Top 50 developing associations
NameRegion
1Peabody TrustLondon
2Home Group North-east
3Places for PeopleNorth-west
4Downland AffinitySouth-east
5London & Quadrant London
6Waterloo West Midlands
7Moat South-east
8Acton London
9East Thames London
10Irwell Valley North-west
11Newlon London
12Stadium London
13Metropolitan London
14Swaythling South-east
15Bromford Carinthia West Midlands
16Genesis London
17Beacon South-east
18Sovereign South-west
19Hyde London
20Chiltern Hundreds South-east
21Southern London
22=Raglan South-west
22=Ujima London
24Cosmopolitan Merseyside
25Circle 33 London
26Notting Hill London
27Optima West Midlands
28Focus West Midlands
29Pavilion South-east
30Sutherland London
31RiversideMerseyside
32Horizon London
33Nottingham East Midlands
34Wandle London
35Shepherds Bush London
36Servite HousesLondon
37Orbit West Midlands
38Swan East
39Guinness TrustSouth-east
40Signpost South-west
41Devon & Cornwall South-west
42Wyre ForestWest Midlands
43Swanbridge South-east
44=CommunityEast Midlands
44=East Midlands London
46=OctaviaLondon
46=Thames Valley Charitable London
48=Kingfisher South-east
48=Poplar London
50Manchester Methodist North-west
NOTES The figures contained in all these tables are based on a questionnaire distributed by the NHF in November 2002. It represents a snapshot of homes being developed by associations at the time.