Together Housing Group is a

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management company and

affordable housing Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median, as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on ...

developer operating in the North of England and the East Midlands. As of July 2024 Together Housing Group (THG) manages or owns around 38,000 homes, including rented social housing, affordable housing, and

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Origins

The group was founded in April 2011 as parent company to various

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, including Chevin Housing Association, Pennine Housing 2000, Green Vales Homes, Twin Valley Homes, Housing Pendle, and Harewood Housing Society. In March 2016 these five individual housing associations were replaced with a single asset-owning subsidiary named Together Housing Association Limited (previously Hallam Housing Society) while the Group itself converted to a Community Benefit Society.

Subsidiaries and related entities

Subsidiaries of THG include: * The development company Synergy Housing Solutions Limited * Pendleton Together Operating Limited and Pendleton Together Holdings Limited, used to carry out and finance a

Private Finance Initiative The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects. Initially launched in 1992 ...

scheme to manage 1,250 council houses in Salford * SP Plus (Development) Limited, used for

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and development in Pendleton * Newground Together, a social charity, and its consultancy services subsidiary Newground CIC * Together Roof Energy Limited and Together Roof Energy SPV Limited, used for alternative energy programmes * Together Housing Finance PLC, used to issue bonds, and Together Commercial Limited, used to carry out investments. The company is also part of several

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Funding

The company and its subsidiaries receive grants and loans from both private and public sources. In 2012 the group raised £250 million through the direct issue of its own 30-year bond. THG has received various contracts funded by the

Homes and Communities Agency Homes England is the non-departmental public body that funds new affordable housing in England. It was founded on 1 January 2018 to replace the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). HCA in turn was established by the Housing and Regeneration Act ...

and other government sources, including a £15 million contract for a development scheme in

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in 2014. In 2024 it received a £50 million loan from the

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to be used for the

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of its properties.

Regulation

Together Housing is subject to regulation by the Regulator of Social Housing, which sets standards for social landlords on governance, financial viability, rents and value for money.

References

{{reflist 2011 establishments in England Housing associations based in England Public housing in England Organizations established in 2011