Who owns the social housing in Somerset?
Somerset has 40,895 social homes owned by 64 landlords: the council owns 9,737 (31 March 2025) and housing associations and other registered providers 31,158 (31 March 2026). The largest is Somerset Council with 9,737 (24%). Among the bigger landlords here, the share of tenants satisfied with the overall service in 2024/25 (each landlord's whole stock, not only Somerset) ranges from 60.0% (Magna Housing) to 86.8% (Selwood Housing Society); the council: 79.0%. England median: 71.8%. Source: Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25.
Landlords in Somerset
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Council council | 9,737 (24%) | — | 79.0% | 2.4% | 89.8% | 38.3 | not graded |
| Abri Group | 9,559 (23%) | 0 | 74.5% | 0.0% | 94.7% | 69.9 | C2 |
| LiveWest Homes | 5,385 (13%) | 1 | 85.9% | 0.0% | 77.1% | 47.8 | not graded |
| Aster Group | 4,652 (11%) | 2 | 79.1% | 0.1% | 84.0% | 48.2 | C1 |
| Magna Housing | 2,587 (6%) | 0 | 60.0% | 0.1% | 49.5% | 64.0 | not graded |
| Stonewater | 2,438 (6%) | 0 | 61.8% | 0.1% | 74.6% | 106.0 | C2 |
| Sanctuary Housing Association | 1,045 (3%) | 2 | 63.9% | 0.2% | 69.6% | 114.0 | C1 |
| SHAL Housing | 786 (2%) | 2 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Hastoe Housing Association | 479 (1%) | 1 | 63.9% | 0.4% | 80.3% | 46.9 | C2 |
| Selwood Housing Society | 449 (1%) | 0 | 86.8% | 0.9% | 85.2% | 56.2 | not graded |
| Willow Tree Housing Partnership | 421 (1%) | 0 | 63.8% | 0.8% | 81.0% | 60.8 | C2 |
| The Guinness Partnership | 312 (1%) | 2 | 67.7% | 0.2% | 78.3% | 56.1 | C1 |
| Anchor Hanover Group | 302 (1%) | 0 | 86.1% | 0.0% | 78.5% | 46.0 | C3 |
| YMCA Dulverton Group | 279 (1%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Falcon Rural Housing | 261 (1%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
34 more landlords
| Sovereign Network Group | 246 (1%) | 0 | 63.1% | 2.1% | 68.6% | 97.2 | C2 |
| Housing 21 | 194 (0%) | 0 | 89.8% | 0.0% | 97.3% | 12.9 | C1 |
| Places for People Group | 175 (0%) | 1 | 64.3% | 0.1% | 47.1% | 29.2 | C1 |
| Heylo Housing Registered Provider | 168 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Curo Group (Albion) | 158 (0%) | 2 | 70.3% | 1.6% | 90.8% | 97.1 | C1 |
| Golden Lane Housing | 121 (0%) | 0 | 78.8% | 0.0% | 96.5% | 40.5 | C1 |
| NSAH (Alliance Homes) | 115 (0%) | 0 | 73.8% | 0.5% | 56.2% | 89.3 | C2 |
| Julian House | 88 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| White Horse Housing Association | 81 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Sage Homes RP | 74 (0%) | 0 | 86.2% | 0.0% | 75.7% | 21.5 | not graded |
| Bournemouth Churches Housing Association | 72 (0%) | 0 | 75.0% | 0.8% | 85.5% | 51.6 | C2 |
| Home Group | 67 (0%) | 0 | 68.2% | 0.1% | 75.3% | 68.4 | C2 |
| Taunton Heritage Trust | 66 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| The Abbeyfield Society | 54 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| YMCA Brunel Group | 51 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Legal and General Affordable Homes (Capital) | 35 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | C1* |
| City of Wells Almshouses | 33 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Advance Housing and Support | 29 (0%) | 0 | 80.5% | 0.1% | 93.2% | 59.0 | C2 |
| Bespoke Supportive Tenancies | 28 (0%) | 0 | 67.9% | 5.8% | 83.0% | 67.3 | not graded |
| Inclusion Housing Community Interest Company | 27 (0%) | 0 | 88.7% | 0.0% | 87.4% | 13.0 | not graded |
| Abbeyfield Wessex Society | 27 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Habinteg Housing Association | 26 (0%) | 1 | 67.2% | 0.2% | 78.8% | 36.9 | C2 |
| Falcon Housing Association C.I.C | 25 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Clarion Housing Group | 24 (0%) | 0 | 63.7% | 0.6% | 76.3% | 52.7 | C2 |
| Salvation Army Housing Association | 23 (0%) | 0 | 73.4% | 6.0% | 84.1% | 47.5 | C2 |
| Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) | 22 (0%) | 0 | 68.5% | 0.0% | 87.1% | 36.2 | C1* |
| The Blue House | 17 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Chrysalis Supported Association | 16 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Auckland Home Solutions | 15 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| Brighter Places | 14 (0%) | 0 | 60.5% | 2.8% | 49.4% | 145.2 | C2 |
| Legal & General Affordable Homes | 12 (0%) | 0 | 79.6% | 0.0% | 86.1% | 26.8 | C1* |
| Shepton Mallet United Charities | 12 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
| ReSI Homes | 11 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | C2* |
| Abbeyfield (East Devon) Society | 11 (0%) | 0 | — | — | — | — | not graded |
* Housing associations only, homes in Somerset (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).
15 smaller landlords with fewer than 10 homes here (66 homes)
Sparrow Shared Ownership, Abbeyfield (Wells) Society, Woborn's Almshouse, Newarch Homes, IronOak Homes, French Weir Affordable Homes, Moat Homes, Old Cleeve Memorial Cottages, Cooke's Almshouse Charity, Progress Housing Group, MTD Housing, M&G UK Shared Ownership, First Priority Housing Association, Platform Housing Group, bpha
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. 95% of the social homes in Somerset 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 South West.