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London’s top five RSLs by allocations
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
Acton HA	109.34	1511
London & Quadrant HT	108.98	1410
Metropolitan HT	94.76	1555
Tower	66.22	1077
Catalyst Housing Group	59.11	717
Traditional:
Notting Hill	20.23	239
Richmond Churches	19.2	263
Hexagon	15.47	161
Peabody Trust	14.54	256
Notting Hill Houses	13.49	280
The capital’s housing needs have been well documented and debated, and the Housing Corporation has made sizable allocations to help address them. The priorities are to increase the supply of affordable housing, reduce homelessness, modernise the private rented sector, bring social housing up to the decent homes standard and create sustainable communities.

The South-west’s top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
Partnership Southwest	38.37	1030
Sovereign HA	22.13	1044
Peninsular Development Partnership	15.7	371
Wessex Development Partnership	15.61	480
Knightstone South West HP	11.42	393
Traditional:
Gloucestershire	10.4	395
Hanover	7.45	110
Raglan	6.2	221
Somer Community	5.1	218
West Devon Homes	1.5	34
The South-east and the South-west have quite different housing needs. The South-east shares many issues in common with the capital, needing to address problems of homelessness and affordability. Homes are needed across the tenure spectrum from social rented, through intermediate market and shared equity to private sector renewal. The region encompasses areas requiring urban regeneration and new areas of housing growth and strategic land release. The South-west simply needs more affordable homes in growth areas, rural villages and in its market and coastal towns.

The South-east’s top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
HSS Partnership	38.43	953
Catalyst PPA	27.44	435
DownlandAffinity – NDHA Ptnrshp	26.83	480
Moat Housing Group	26.35	615
Town & Country HG General	24.29	495
Traditional:
Oxford Citizens	1.03	170
Airways	8.9	257
Kingfisher	7.91	136
Chiltern Hundreds	7.1	220
Windsor & District	6.92	129
The South-east and the South-west have quite different housing needs. The South-east shares many issues in common with the capital, needing to address problems of homelessness and affordability. Homes are needed across the tenure spectrum from social rented, through intermediate market and shared equity to private sector renewal. The region encompasses areas requiring urban regeneration and new areas of housing growth and strategic land release. The South-west simply needs more affordable homes in growth areas, rural villages and in its market and coastal towns.

West Midlands’ top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
Bromford Partnership	37.91	955
Prime Focus Partnership	21.11	510
Waterloo Group	20.55	473
West Mercia HP	19.53	453
Beth Johnson	14.48	405
Traditional:
Touchstone	6.51	139
Elgar	6.5	127
Accord	5.12	101
Mercian	4.66	140
FCH Housing	3.56	45
In the East of England some 40% of investment is dedicated to housing growth and some 30% to regeneration. The East Midlands has the key Milton Keynes-South Midlands housing growth area within its territory, but also has pressing needs for regeneration and for homes to be brought up to the decent homes standard. Urban and rural renaissance are target areas for investment in the West Midlands.

East Midlands’ top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
Nottingham Community	22.57	638
Longhurst Group	19.77	534
Metropolitan HT	9.35	370
The Homes Group	7.89	188
Riverside	7.33	250
Traditional:
East Midlands	10.88	369
Leicester	6.4	154
De Montfort	4.71	227
East Lindsey (LINX)	3.03	118
Derwent HA	2.98	107
In the East of England some 40% of investment is dedicated to housing growth and some 30% to regeneration. The East Midlands has the key Milton Keynes-South Midlands housing growth area within its territory, but also has pressing needs for regeneration and for homes to be brought up to the decent homes standard. Urban and rural renaissance are target areas for investment in the West Midlands.

The top 100: Total ADP allocation across England by value all routes
Rk	RSL	Route	ADP Allocation £ millions by HC region				Total ADP £m	Total Units
			London	South	Central	North
1	Acton Housing Association Limited	P	109.34	0	0	0	109.34	1511
2	London & Quadrant Housing Trust	P	108.98	0	0	0	108.98	1410
3	Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited	P	94.76	0	12.13	0	106.89	1993
4	Catalyst Housing Group Limited	P	59.11	27.44	0	0	86.55	1152
5	Moat Housing Group	P	41.47	26.35	7.94	0	75.75	1594
6	Tower	P	66.22	1.61	0	0	67.83	1108
7	The Home Group Partnership	P	0	15.8	11.56	33.69	61.05	1296
8	Hyde Housing Association Limited	P	33.77	21.4	0	0	55.18	1300
9	Southern Housing Group	P	26.31	28.69	0	0	55	1026
10	New Islington & Hackney Housing Association	P	41.04	0	11.83	0	52.87	805
11	Paddington Churches Housing Association Limited	P	52.23	0	0	0	52.23	727
12	Wandle Housing Association Limited	P	51.25	0	0	0	51.25	450
13	East Thames Housing Group Limited	P	51.23	0	0	0	51.23	1227
14	Family Housing Association	P	51.06	0	0	0	51.06	717
15	Bromford Partnership	P	0	9.56	40.02	0	49.58	1239
16	Threshold Group	P	45.38	0.27	0	0	45.64	494
17	Ujima	P	45.41	0	0	0	45.41	397
18	SAPPLING Partnership	P	0	42.41	0	0	42.41	1236
19	Hss Partnership	P	0	42.25	0	0	42.25	1087
20	Newlon Housing Trust	P	42.17	0	0	0	42.17	735
21	Community Housing Association Limited	P	40.74	0	0	0	40.74	502
22	Town And Country Housing Group	P	12.45	27.08	0	0	39.54	908
23	Partnership Southwest	P	0	38.37	0	0	38.37	1030
24	Presentation	P	37.31	0	0	0	37.31	456
25	Toynbee Housing Association Limited	P	37.01	0	0	0	37.01	531
26	Swan Housing Group	P	22.74	0	13.83	0	36.58	604
27	MMHA Partnership	P	0	0	0.31	33.69	34	597
28	Notting Hill	T	33.72	0	0	0	33.72	519
29	Sovereign Housing Association	P	0	31.73	0	0	31.73	1335
30	Circle Thirty Three Housing Trust Limited	P	27.43	0	4	0	31.43	1037
31	BPHA	P	0	0.22	28.73	0	28.95	690
32	Neet Partnership	P	0	0	0	28.62	28.62	498
33	Riverside Partnership	P	0	0	7.33	21.16	28.49	835
34	Flagship Housing Partnership	P	0	0	28.23	0	28.23	1192
35	The Guinness Trust Partnership	P	0	18.86	7.8	1.01	27.67	919
36	DownlandAffinity	P	0	27.53	0	0	27.53	496
37	Synergy Partnership	P	0	0	0	26.4	26.4	649
38	Wessex Development Partnership	P	0	25.7	0	0	25.7	871
39	William Sutton Group	P	8.03	11.54	1.62	4.08	25.27	728
40	Asra Greater London	P	24.95	0	0	0	24.95	253
41	Apex Housing Solutions Ltd	P	11.56	13.35	0	0	24.91	903
42	Thames Valley Housing Association Limited	P	0.62	24.28	0	0	24.9	1005
43	North East Partnership Homes	P	0	0	0	24.45	24.45	483
44	Horizon Housing Group Limited	P	16.56	7.46	0	0	24.03	384
45	Islington And Shoreditch Housing Association Ltd	P	23.23	0	0	0	23.23	528
46	Octavia Housing And Care	P	23.08	0	0	0	23.08	302
47	Hanover	T	11.6	7.45	0	3.94	22.99	371
48	In Business for Yorkshire	P	0	0	0	22.7	22.7	538
49	Nottingham Community	P	0	0	22.57	0	22.57	638
50	Longhurst Group	P	0	0	19.77	2.09	21.85	590
51	Prime Focus Partnership	P	0	0	21.76	0	21.76	585
52	Plus Housing Group Partnership	P	0	0	0	20.6	20.6	723
53	Waterloo Group	P	0	0	20.55	0	20.55	473
54	Servite Houses	P	12.16	0	5.38	2.81	20.35	376
55	Arc Partnership	P	0	0	19.76	0	19.76	434
56	West Mercia Housing Partnership	P	0	0	19.53	0	19.53	453
57	Richmond Churches	T	19.21	0	0	0	19.21	263
58	Orbit Housing Association	P	0.66	7.21	10.95	0	18.82	810
59	Respond Group	P	0	18.18	0	0	18.18	612
60	St Pancras & Humanist	T	12.81	0	4.82	0	17.63	338
61	Anglia Housing Group Limited	P	5.31	0	12.22	0	17.53	462
62	Nomad Housing Group	P	0	0	0	17.11	17.11	373
63	Amicus Group	P	0	17.04	0	0	17.04	328
64	Peninsular Development Partnership	P	0	15.69	0	0	15.69	371
65	Hexagon	T	15.47	0	0	0	15.47	161
66	Beth Johnson	P	0	0	14.48	0.9	15.38	425
67	NCHA	P	0	0	0.89	14.36	15.26	478
68	Midsummer Group	P	0	11.64	3.29	0	14.92	468
69	Housing 21	T	2.88	0.38	1.69	9.94	14.89	274
70	Raglan	T	0	12.33	2.47	0	14.8	342
71	Peabody Trust	T	14.54	0	0	0	14.54	256
72	Regenda Group Developments	P	0	0	0	14.34	14.34	277
73	Mosscare	T	0	0	0	14.28	14.28	212
74	Jephson Homes Housing Association Limited	P	0	4.23	9.06	0.84	14.13	643
75	County Palatine	P	0	0	0	13.02	13.02	297
76	New Downland Housing Association Limited	P	12.56	0	0	0	12.56	237
77	Airways	T	3.15	8.91	0	0	12.06	296
78	Sarsen Partnership	P	0	12.05	0	0	12.05	417
79	Knightstone South West Housing Partnership	P	0	11.42	0	0	11.42	393
80	Solon Chs	T	11.11	0	0	0	11.11	190
81	East Midlands	T	0	0	10.88	0	10.88	369
82	Gloucestershire	T	0	10.4	0.24	0	10.64	403
83	Oxford Citizens	T	0	10.28	0	0	10.28	170
84	Stadium	T	9.75	0	0.46	0	10.21	247
85	Manningham	T	0	0	0	10.13	10.13	169
86	North British	T	1.73	0	0	8.15	9.88	221
87	Hastoe Rural	P	0	5.26	4.09	0	9.34	187
88	Muir Group	T	0	0	0.37	8.75	9.11	152
89	Gallions	T	8.91	0	0	0	8.91	243
90	Kelsey	T	4.19	4.59	0	0	8.78	139
91	Leeds Federated	T	0	0	0	8.48	8.48	178
92	Chiltern Hundreds	T	0.85	7.1	0.53	0	8.48	291
93	Bradford & Northern	T	0	1.22	0	7.16	8.38	141
94	Beacon	T	1.18	6.33	0.56	0	8.06	226
95	Touchstone	T	0	0	8.03	0	8.03	168
96	Kingfisher	T	0	7.91	0	0	7.91	136
97	Guinness Trust	P	7.24	0	0	0	7.24	178
98	English Rural	T	0	6.55	0.65	0	7.2	110
99	Windsor & District	T	0	6.92	0	0	6.92	129
100	Cheviot	T	0	0	0	6.71	6.71	111
Guide to charts
Data relates to ADP allocations for 2004-06
Figures for the North relate to total units, not just units for retail and sale. Figures for the South-east only include additions to the housing stock and exclude the zone agent Homebuy Market Purchase allocation. Lead associations for partnerships are as given by the Housing Corporation.
Data prepared by Economic Strategies, email: info@economic-strategies.com

East of England’s top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
Flagship HP	27.08	1152
Arc Partnership	19.75	434
BPHA’s Bids	14.58	282
Swan HG	13.83	235
Anglia HG Partnership	12.22	337
Traditional:
Orwell	6.08	110
Hereward	5.37	177
St Pancras & Humanist	4.82	199
ABB Braintree	3.13	35
Nene HS	2.62	58
Market failure in the North-east is now being addressed through the activities of the Newcastle/Gateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder. The region’s housing strategy seeks to improve the health of its housing market by upgrading or replacing existing stock and addressing local housing aspirations. The needs of its ageing population also have to be taken into account. In the North-west the urban renaissance takes a lead, alongside delivering decent homes in thriving neighbourhoods and meeting needs for specialist and supported housing. In Yorkshire and the Humber urban regeneration is also set as a priority, with the decent homes standard and new homes within mixed-income communities among the other objectives.

North-east’s top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
Neet Partnership	28.29	492
North East Ptnrshp Homes	20.24	403
Nomad Housing Group	17.11	373
The Home Group Partnership	7.55	139
William Sutton Group	0.036	4
Traditional:
Cheviot	6.71	111
Sunderland	4.2	105
Johnnie Johnson HT	4.11	69
Anchor Trust	3.63	44
Housing 21	1.6	21
Market failure in the North-east is now being addressed through the activities of the Newcastle/Gateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder. The region’s housing strategy seeks to improve the health of its housing market by upgrading or replacing existing stock and addressing local housing aspirations. The needs of its ageing population also have to be taken into account. In the North-west the urban renaissance takes a lead, alongside delivering decent homes in thriving neighbourhoods and meeting needs for specialist and supported housing. In Yorkshire and the Humber urban regeneration is also set as a priority, with the decent homes standard and new homes within mixed-income communities among the other objectives.

North-west’s top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
MMHA Partnership	33.69	587
Riverside Partnership	21.16	585
Plus Housing Group Partnership	20.6	723
Regenda Group Developments	14.34	277
NCHA Dvpmnt Prog 2004-2007	14.03	383
Traditional:
Mosscare	14.28	212
Muir Group	8.75	142
Impact	6.52	101
Cosmopolitan	5.79	196
Portico	5.63	93
Market failure in the North-east is now being addressed through the activities of the Newcastle/Gateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder. The region’s housing strategy seeks to improve the health of its housing market by upgrading or replacing existing stock and addressing local housing aspirations. The needs of its ageing population also have to be taken into account. In the North-west the urban renaissance takes a lead, alongside delivering decent homes in thriving neighbourhoods and meeting needs for specialist and supported housing. In Yorkshire and the Humber urban regeneration is also set as a priority, with the decent homes standard and new homes within mixed-income communities among the other objectives.

Yorkshire & Humberside’s top fives
RSL	£ millions	Units
Partnering:
Synergy Partnership	26.4	649
In Business for Yorkshire	22.7	538
The Home Group Ptnership	19.96	410
North East Partnership Homes	4.21	80
Arena Housing	1	30
Traditional:
Manningham	10.13	169
Leeds Federated	8.48	178
Housing 21	6.14	131
North British	4.55	141
Hanover	3.6	103
Market failure in the North-east is now being addressed through the activities of the Newcastle/Gateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder. The region’s housing strategy seeks to improve the health of its housing market by upgrading or replacing existing stock and addressing local housing aspirations. The needs of its ageing population also have to be taken into account. In the North-west the urban renaissance takes a lead, alongside delivering decent homes in thriving neighbourhoods and meeting needs for specialist and supported housing. In Yorkshire and the Humber urban regeneration is also set as a priority, with the decent homes standard and new homes within mixed-income communities among the other objectives.