Registered Social Landlords

There are 21 Registered Social Landlords in Sunderland.  The largest of these is Gentoo formerly known as Sunderland Housing Group.  Formed in March 2001 from the transfer of 36,342 former Local Authority properties this group has taken over the landlord role from Sunderland City Council.  This was carried out by Stock Transfer.

Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) are independent, not for profit organisations – most are Housing Associations, but there are also Trusts, Co-operatives and Companies. In the UK there are over 2,000 Registered Social Landlords that together own about one million homes.

Since the late 1980s almost all new social housing has been provided by Registered Social Landlords and Local Authorities were given the option of transferring their stock to Registered Social Landlords. Registered Social Landlords can raise private finance for new schemes and for investing in stock transferred from Local Authorities.

Larger Registered Social Landlords have paid staff, however the smaller ones have a committee or board made up of volunteers. The board may include tenants, representatives from Local Authorities and Community Groups, business people and Politicians.

 The Public Register of Social Landlords