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Housing associations complete 300-home supported housing stock transfer deal
Sanctuary’s supported housing arm has purchased 284 properties spread across the North of England from a fellow housing association.
The homes, acquired from Accent Group, are mostly located in the North West, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber and will provide supported accommodation for homeless young people, domestic abuse survivors and people living with learning disabilities or mental health needs.
Sanctuary Supported Living, the supported housing arm of 102,000-home landlord Sanctuary, currently has a portfolio of directly managed units housing more than 6,500 people across the country.
It comes after the group completed the stock transfer of 813 homes from Notting Hill Genesis in April last year.
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Claire Stone, executive director of customer experience at Accent, said: “We are very experienced in providing a supported housing service, but we do not offer as many homes and services as some other associations do.
“This means that it has become more difficult for us to provide that quality of service our residents deserve in comparison to larger, more specialist organisations with more access to funding and services, like Sanctuary.
“We feel that transferring ownership to Sanctuary really is in the best interests of our residents and their future care and services.”
Sara Keetley, operations director at Sanctuary Supported Living, said: “We continue to identify opportunities to grow our supported housing portfolio, which will allow us to serve more vulnerable people and make a positive difference to their lives.
“We look forward to welcoming our new colleagues into our team.”
Sanctuary recently announced that it is considering a major merger with Southern housing association, which would make it the largest housing association in the country.
Craig Moule, chief executive of Sanctuary Group, added: “We believe passionately in the value of supported housing and this acquisition for Sanctuary further underlines our commitment to supporting as many vulnerable people as possible across the country.”
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