Who owns the social housing in Braintree?
Braintree has 12,870 social homes owned by 41 landlords: the council owns 8 (31 March 2025) and housing associations and other registered providers 12,862 (31 March 2026). The largest is Eastlight Community Homes with 8,851 (69%). Among the bigger landlords here, the share of tenants satisfied with the overall service in 2024/25 (each landlord's whole stock, not only Braintree) ranges from 58.7% (Peabody Trust) to 86.2% (Sage Homes RP). England median: 71.8%. Source: Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25.
Landlords in Braintree
| Landlord | Homes here | Failing Decent Homes here* | Satisfied overall (TP01) | Not decent, whole stock (RP01) | Repairs on time (RP02) | Complaints per 1,000 (CH01) | Consumer grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastlight Community Homes | 8,851 (69%) | 0 | 72.7% | 0.0% | 62.0% | 39.4 | C1 |
| Clarion Housing Group | 777 (6%) | 0 | 63.7% | 0.6% | 76.3% | 52.7 | C2 |
| Sanctuary Housing Association | 559 (4%) | 5 | 63.9% | 0.2% | 69.6% | 114.0 | C1 |
| Flagship Housing | 483 (4%) | 2 | 75.6% | 1.4% | 72.9% | 84.9 | not graded |
| Chelmer Housing Partnership | 399 (3%) | 0 | 77.8% | 0.1% | 70.4% | 81.6 | not graded |
| Home Group | 378 (3%) | 0 | 68.2% | 0.1% | 75.3% | 68.4 | C2 |
| Sage Homes RP | 309 (2%) | 0 | 86.2% | 0.0% | 75.7% | 21.5 | not graded |
| Peabody Trust | 184 (1%) | 0 | 58.7% | 0.1% | 73.5% | 65.7 | C2 |
| Sage Rented | 143 (1%) | 0 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 67.9% | 26.7 | not graded |
| Anchor Hanover Group | 136 (1%) | 5 | 86.1% | 0.0% | 78.5% | 46.0 | C3 |
| Abbeyfield Braintree, Bocking and Felsted Society | 103 (1%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Salvation Army Housing Association | 93 (1%) | 0 | 73.4% | 6.0% | 84.1% | 47.5 | C2 |
| Moat Homes | 74 (1%) | 0 | 67.2% | 0.0% | 41.3% | 155.6 | C2 |
| Hastoe Housing Association | 57 (0%) | 0 | 63.9% | 0.4% | 80.3% | 46.9 | C2 |
| Witham Housing Association | 41 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
13 more landlords
| Sparrow Shared Ownership | 26 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | C1* |
| Housing 21 | 26 (0%) | 0 | 89.8% | 0.0% | 97.3% | 12.9 | C1 |
| Habinteg Housing Association | 22 (0%) | 0 | 67.2% | 0.2% | 78.8% | 36.9 | C2 |
| M&G UK Shared Ownership | 20 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | C2* |
| Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) | 20 (0%) | 0 | 68.5% | 0.0% | 87.1% | 36.2 | C1* |
| Legal & General Affordable Homes | 17 (0%) | 0 | 79.6% | 0.0% | 86.1% | 26.8 | C1* |
| Inclusion Housing Community Interest Company | 14 (0%) | 0 | 88.7% | 0.0% | 87.4% | 13.0 | not graded |
| Orbit Group | 14 (0%) | 0 | 65.6% | 0.5% | 67.4% | 87.0 | not graded |
| Places for People Group | 13 (0%) | 0 | 64.3% | 0.1% | 47.1% | 29.2 | C1 |
| Heylo Housing Registered Provider | 12 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Auckland Home Solutions | 12 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| English Rural Housing Association | 12 (0%) | 0 | 77.0% | 0.0% | 82.1% | 11.2 | C2 |
| The Havebury Housing Partnership | 12 (0%) | 0 | 81.8% | 0.0% | 87.1% | 35.6 | C1 |
* Housing associations only, homes in Braintree (31 March 2026); councils report Decent Homes for their whole stock (RP01). Other columns cover each landlord's whole stock (TSM 2024/25). England medians: satisfied 71.8%, not decent 0.5%, repairs on time 82.5%, complaints 53.9 per 1,000. “—” means the landlord did not report this measure (landlords with fewer than 1,000 homes do not have to).
13 smaller landlords with fewer than 10 homes here (63 homes)
E W King Memorial Homes, Progress Housing Group, Braintree Council, London & Quadrant Housing Trust, The Guinness Partnership, NACRO, Local Space, Metropolitan Housing Trust, Webster Almshouse Trust, Saffron Housing Trust, Golden Lane Housing, MTD Housing, Advance Housing and Support
What the grades mean
The Regulator of Social Housing grades landlords on consumer standards (safety, repairs, complaints, tenant voice) from C1 (best) to C4 (serious failings). Grading started in April 2024, so many landlords have not been graded yet. 98% of the social homes in Braintree belong to a landlord that reported Tenant Satisfaction Measures for 2024/25.
Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSM) are reported by each landlord for its whole stock (or its group), not for one area; survey methods differ and the regulator warns against direct comparison. Figures are for 2024/25, the latest published when this site was built.
Housing association homes are counted on 31 March 2026 (Statistical Data Return), council homes on 31 March 2025 (Live Table 116); the totals mix the two dates. Other areas in East of England.