Who Runs It

Bristol City Council in Bristol

Bristol City Council owns 26,898 social homes in Bristol (31 March 2025) — 63% of the district's 42,656, the largest of 48 landlords here. Across its whole stock, 64.5% of tenants were satisfied with the overall service in 2024/25 (England median 71.8%); 5 of 8 other bigger landlords in Bristol scored higher. Source: Regulator of Social Housing.

Data: housing association homes 31 March 2026, council homes 31 March 2025, Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25, regulator grades 28 October 2026 · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

26,898homes in Bristol
63%of the district's social homes
64.5%tenants satisfied overall (whole landlord)
C3regulator consumer grade

How it performs (whole landlord, 2024/25)

Measure (all of Bristol City Council's homes, not only Bristol)Bristol City CouncilEngland median
Satisfied with the overall service (TP01)64.5%71.8%
Homes not meeting the Decent Homes Standard (RP01)7.7%0.5%
Non-emergency repairs within target (RP02)89.9%82.5%
Stage one complaints per 1,000 homes (CH01)58.453.9

All Tenant Satisfaction Measures of Bristol City Council, 2023/24 and 2024/25

Other bigger landlords in Bristol

LandlordHomes hereSatisfied overall
LiveWest Homes2,49785.9%
Brunelcare1,12485.5%
Abri Group49674.5%
Curo Group (Albion)1,20870.3%
The Guinness Partnership84167.7%
Places for People Group2,54664.3%
Sovereign Network Group1,53263.1%
Brighter Places2,65960.5%

All landlords in Bristol · Bristol City Council: all measures, 2023/24 and 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.