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Rent in Islington? You could be eligible for a £250 grant from the council
Islington Council is looking to help its residents cope with the cost-of-living crisis by giving one-off grants of £250 to those who are in work and rent their home.
Riverside and One Housing complete Transfer of Engagements
Following consultation with One Housing residents and approval from the One Housing and Riverside Boards and One Housing shareholders, the "Transfer of Engagements" is now complete.
Proposed Transfer of Engagements to Riverside
Our Board is proposing to begin integration into Riverside through a “Transfer of Engagements”.
Our Customer Annual Review 2021-22 is now available
Our Customer Annual Review of the last financial year has been published.
Our new Resident Engagement Strategy is now available
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our new Resident Engagement Strategy which was co-created with residents to signify the start of a stronger partnership to improve our services.
One Housing and Mount Anvil get planning green light for 202-home regeneration scheme in East London
Plans for the Bellamy Close and Byng Street estate regeneration on the Isle of Dogs have been granted planning approval.
One Housing at London Pride 2022
Around 40 colleagues from Riverside and One Housing, together with a few residents from our partners Tonic Housing, marched with their own float through central London to commemorate Pride and celebrate LGBTQI+ rights in the UK.
Topping out ceremony marks new milestone for One Housing at Royal Eden Docks
Newham's Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz paid a visit to the site which will deliver 159 affordable homes, to mark a new step towards project completion.
One Housing win ‘Brand of the Year’ at this year’s DIVA Awards
The awards celebrate LGBTQI+ women and non-binary people and their allies across business, the media, politics and more.
Residents say ‘yes’ to Isle of Dogs estate regeneration which will deliver 347 new homes
Residents on the Isle of Dogs have voted in favour of a major new redevelopment, located on Stewart Street, that means One Housing are able to deliver hundreds of new homes for Londoners.
New book celebrates the art created in a hostel that inspired Orwell, the Progues and Madness
Arlington and Beyond is a new book that celebrates the creative work of residents living in Camden’s famous Arlington homeless hostel, the centre’s storied history and it’s holistic approach to helping rough sleepers off the streets.
One Housing partners with Mount Anvil for 200-home east London estate regeneration
One Housing has partnered with Mount Anvil to deliver 202 new homes, 94 of which will be affordable, as part of the Bellamy Close and Byng Street estate regeneration.
Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee with a tree planting at Protheroe House in Tottenham
Residents at Protheroe House, One Housing’s senior living scheme in Tottenham, were delighted to plant a cherry tree in their sensory garden to celebrate Queen’s Jubilee.
Celebrating art created at Arlington
Helping people when they most need it and adding value in our communities is at the centre of everything we do.
One Housing Group joins The Riverside Group
Last month, the Boards of The Riverside Group and One Housing Group gave their approval for One Housing to join Riverside as a subsidiary, creating one of the country’s largest association groups, with over 75,000 homes.
Take part in our Resident Engagement Strategy Consultation
Listening to our residents and ensuring your voice is at the heart of decision-making is very important to us.
One Housing bolsters affordable housing portfolio with 159 sustainable apartments
One Housing, a London-based housing association, has partnered with Mount Anvil to deliver 159 new homes at award winning sustainable development Royal Eden Docks in East London. The apartments bolster One Housing’s focus on its core London housing portfo
The numbers are in…Riverside/One Housing Group partnership consultation closes
Our consultation on a proposed partnership between One Housing and Riverside has now closed.
Created at Arlington homeless hostel, sold at Tate Modern
Magazine which gives homeless people a voice now available at world famous gallery.
World Homeless Day 2021
As a housing association with a strong social purpose, building and managing homes is not the only thing we do. Helping people when they most need it and adding value in our communities is at the centre of everything we do.
One Housing working in partnership to support residents and customers into employment
One Housing is working in partnership with Transform & Achieve (T&A) via a licensed model to support over 200 One Housing residents and customers into work.
Residents vote ‘yes’ to East London estate regeneration which will deliver 280 new homes
One Housing has announced that it will go ahead with plans to redevelop its Tiller Road site on the Isle of Dogs after residents voted in favour of the new scheme in a residents’ ballot.
One Housing ambitious plan to buy up to 200 sustainable and affordable homes in Greenwich
Today One Housing completed the purchase of 60 homes, as part of its plans to buy a total of up to 200 new homes, within the Greenwich Millennium Village – a major sustainable development on the Greenwich Peninsula, which is a stone’s throw away from Cana
Baycroft's activity coordinator shortlisted in Great British Care Awards
Baycroft Activity Coordinator, Lu Lawrence was recently nominated for the ‘Care Home Activity Organiser Award’ at this year’s Great British Care Awards. The Great British Care Awards are a series of regional events, across the United Kingdom, that look to
Betty and Pattsy take gold for Team GB (Great Baddow)
To celebrate the opening week of the Tokyo Olympics, residents at one of our Essex based Care schemes have been keeping active by taking part in a mini-Olympics of their own
Riverside Group and One Housing, a complementary partnership
Riverside and One Housing have been exploring the benefits of coming together as part of a single Group.
It's time to reconnect!
Residents at one of our Camden based supported living schemes have been able to reconnect and continue their learning, all thanks to a generous donation of IT equipment from the Good Things Foundation.
Older customers find a voice through student project
Students from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London are working on an innovative intergenerational project with older residents living at Protheroe House, our extra-care scheme in Tottenham.
Partnering with Tonic Housing to create the UK’s first LGBTQ+ retirement community at Bankhouse
Inside Housing today, highlighted our partnership with Tonic Housing who are opening UK’s first LGBTQ+ retirement community at Bankhouse, our assisted living scheme in Lambeth
Care after Covid
Ahead of the budget, we’re calling on the government to address four asks on social care in England.
Happy LGBTQI+ History Month to Everyone!
Faz Bukhari, DofE Award Project Coordinator and Chair of LGBTQI+ Steering Group, discusses what LGBTQI+ History Month means at One Housing
Santa came early for some of our residents
Many of the things we turn to for comfort such as TV, books and newspapers, aren’t always accessible when you are visually impaired. During isolation the radio can be the only thing you can to turn to for news, entertainment and a comforting voice at home
The Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper
The White Paper sets out reforms to ‘provide greater redress, better regulation and improve the quality of social housing’ in England.
APPG on Housing and Social Mobility: “Improving Opportunities: How to support social housing tenants into sustainable employment”
We are a proud supporter of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Social Mobility.
One Housing backs Fuel Poverty Campaign
Currently, six million people, living in 2.4 million households, are suffering through fuel poverty in the UK. A further 200,000 people could fall into fuel poverty as the economy struggles to recover from the impact of the pandemic, new analysis has sugg
One Housing supports free school meals initiative in Tower Hamlets
During the October half term, we helped support and coordinate the free schools meals initiative taking place in Tower Hamlets.
Celebrating Black History Month
We pride ourselves on being a housing association with a strong social purpose, not just for building houses for people to call home, but for building diverse, resilient communities.
89-year-old Flo goes pie-ral on Social Media after helping those in knead.
A big floury thumbs-up to 89 year-old resident Flo, who has been baking delicious home-made pies for local elderly and vulnerable people since the pandemic began - and thanks to social media she’s receiving world-wide recognition.
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is a great opportunity for us to raise awareness of our dedicated staff working with customers throughout this difficult time, as well as to credit our customers for adapting to the ‘new normal’.
Watch them grow!
Whilst the pandemic has limited activities across the country, green-fingered residents at our Camden based care and support scheme have been busy growing their own fruit and vegetables.
Keeping our communities safe
We’re proud to be part of the #HardCallsSaveLives campaign, encouraging people to come forward with information about knife crime in their communities.
One Housing announces new domestic abuse policy
Across the country housing organisations have unique access to their communities. We build, manage, and maintain homes, and we provide something most people would consider to be their most important possession, a home. If a home doesn’t provide safety and
Residents at Nunhead Green are settling in their brand-new homes
“I was impressed by all parties working together throughout the recent pandemic to get our move completed"
Puzzles, pampering and a lockdown party
We’ve all needed a little help at times to get through lockdown - and it's come in a variety of forms.
Our response to the APPG on Housing and Social Mobility
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Social Mobility (APPG) was founded in 2020 to champion social housing providers that support tenants and residents to secure sustainable livelihoods.
Virtual art club starts a new conversation
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. So when lockdown stopped family visiting our carehome resident Beryl, art offered them a different way to communicate.
Haringey Council partnership to help free up NHS beds
Martin D’Mello, our Group Director of Health Care and Support, tells how we’re providing temporary accommodation for hospital leavers
Helping to bring the community together
"Now is the time for the community to come together to help those in need," says Rohul Miah, Resident Engagement and Partnerships Officer
Steve Douglas stepping down
Steve Douglas, CBE is to step down as Chair of One Housing next month and take up a new role as Chief Executive of St Mungos, one of the UK’s best known homelessness charities.
Care scheme video gets to the heart of lockdown
A lockdown video created at one of our care homes is proving a popular watch on YouTube.
Our commitments to you during the coronavirus crisis
We’re working closely with our residents, local government, the NHS and others to respond to the coronavirus crisis.
Welcome to our new website!
We’re delighted to launch our brand-new website, which has been designed with you, our customers, in mind.
One Housing awarded 'move on' homes programme contract
One Housing will receive £15million of capital grant to deliver 115 homes, as well as revenue funding to provide support. This is part of The Mayor’s ‘move-on’ homes programme which builds on City Hall’s wider work to help rough sleepers.
Arlington team 'highly commended' at Housing Heroes awards
Our care and support team at Arlington was 'highly commended' in the Support and Care Team of the Year award at this year’s Housing Heroes, run by Inside Housing and the Chartered Institute of Housing.