Social housing in the South East: landlords by council area
South East has 622,204 social homes in 64 local authority areas (housing associations on 31 March 2026, councils on 31 March 2025); the most are in Buckinghamshire (33,608). Each area page lists every landlord, its homes there and its Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25. Source: Regulator of Social Housing, MHCLG.
| Council area | Social homes | Council-owned | Landlords | Largest landlord |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | 4,247 | 2,523 | 19 | Adur District Council |
| Arun | 9,209 | 3,470 | 38 | Arun District Council |
| Ashford | 9,235 | 5,281 | 30 | Ashford Borough Council |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 17,285 | 0 | 35 | Vivid Housing |
| Bracknell Forest | 9,396 | 150 | 36 | Abri Group |
| Brighton and Hove | 20,207 | 11,919 | 45 | Brighton and Hove City Council |
| Buckinghamshire | 33,608 | 163 | 58 | Paradigm Housing Group |
| Canterbury | 9,393 | 5,130 | 31 | Canterbury City Council |
| Cherwell | 11,223 | 236 | 41 | Sanctuary Housing Association |
| Chichester | 10,119 | 42 | 35 | Hyde Housing Association |
| Crawley | 11,479 | 8,364 | 30 | Crawley Borough Council |
| Dartford | 8,175 | 4,202 | 28 | Dartford Borough Council |
| Dover | 7,940 | 4,463 | 27 | Dover District Council |
| East Hampshire | 8,009 | 0 | 28 | Abri Group |
| Eastbourne | 6,194 | 3,464 | 26 | Eastbourne Borough Council |
| Eastleigh | 9,791 | 119 | 26 | Vivid Housing |
| Elmbridge | 6,850 | 96 | 21 | Paragon Asra Housing |
| Epsom and Ewell | 3,217 | 30 | 24 | Peabody Trust |
| Fareham | 5,039 | 2,471 | 31 | Fareham Borough Council |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 5,920 | 3,414 | 34 | Folkestone and Hythe District Council |
| Gosport | 6,571 | 3,061 | 22 | Gosport Borough Council |
| Gravesham | 8,350 | 5,642 | 21 | Gravesham Borough Council |
| Guildford | 8,589 | 5,217 | 31 | Guildford Borough Council |
| Hart | 4,776 | 41 | 23 | Vivid Housing |
| Hastings | 6,728 | 137 | 21 | Southern Housing |
| Havant | 11,572 | 4,958 | 33 | Portsmouth City Council |
| Horsham | 8,622 | 90 | 33 | Saxon Weald |
| Isle of Wight | 7,783 | 86 | 13 | Sovereign Network Group |
| Lewes | 5,840 | 3,263 | 35 | Lewes District Council |
| Maidstone | 11,939 | 164 | 43 | Golding Homes |
| Medway | 10,662 | 3,032 | 31 | Medway Council |
| Mid Sussex | 9,498 | 59 | 42 | Clarion Housing Group |
| Milton Keynes | 30,817 | 12,461 | 55 | Milton Keynes Council |
| Mole Valley | 4,726 | 42 | 26 | Clarion Housing Group |
| New Forest | 9,188 | 5,220 | 25 | New Forest District Council |
| Oxford | 13,209 | 7,900 | 30 | Oxford City Council |
| Portsmouth | 17,348 | 10,474 | 33 | Portsmouth City Council |
| Reading | 12,903 | 6,944 | 34 | Reading Borough Council |
| Reigate and Banstead | 8,343 | 58 | 36 | Raven Housing Trust |
| Rother | 5,207 | 63 | 25 | Southern Housing |
| Runnymede | 5,964 | 3,055 | 24 | Runnymede Borough Council |
| Rushmoor | 7,828 | 6 | 30 | Vivid Housing |
| Sevenoaks | 7,536 | 6 | 22 | West Kent Housing Association |
| Slough | 11,187 | 6,183 | 33 | Slough Borough Council |
| South Oxfordshire | 10,057 | 34 | 41 | Soha Housing |
| Southampton | 25,252 | 16,196 | 37 | Southampton City Council |
| Spelthorne | 6,395 | 225 | 16 | A2Dominion Housing Group |
| Surrey Heath | 4,240 | 11 | 23 | Accent Group |
| Swale | 10,169 | 50 | 31 | Southern Housing |
| Tandridge | 4,555 | 2,597 | 26 | Tandridge District Council |
| Test Valley | 9,760 | 0 | 27 | Aster Group |
| Thanet | 8,971 | 3,153 | 26 | Thanet District Council |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 10,193 | 10 | 35 | Clarion Housing Group |
| Tunbridge Wells | 8,319 | 48 | 38 | Peabody Trust |
| Vale of White Horse | 10,940 | 134 | 38 | Sovereign Network Group |
| Waverley | 7,841 | 4,778 | 28 | Waverley Borough Council |
| Wealden | 8,187 | 3,155 | 33 | Wealden District Council |
| West Berkshire | 10,567 | 134 | 32 | Sovereign Network Group |
| West Oxfordshire | 8,538 | 2 | 31 | Cottsway Housing Association |
| Winchester | 10,362 | 5,241 | 30 | Winchester City Council |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 8,428 | 14 | 22 | Housing Solutions |
| Woking | 5,344 | 3,290 | 28 | Woking Borough Council |
| Wokingham | 7,131 | 2,568 | 33 | Wokingham Borough Council |
| Worthing | 5,233 | 38 | 25 | Worthing Homes |