How to find a home

Housing associations

Housing associations and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) are committed to providing affordable housing for rent and low cost home ownership.

The following housing associations advertise their vacancies through the South Tyneside Council Housing Services process:


Housing associations
Association	Address	Telephone	Email
Affinity Sutton	14 Carden Avenue Cleadon South Shields NE34 7QP	0300 100 0303	customerservice@affinitysutton.com
Anchor Trust (provider of housing care for older people)	2 Godwin Street Bradford BD1 2ST	0800 731 2020
Bernicia	Oakwood Way Ashington Business Park Ashington Northumberland NE63 0XF	0344 800 3800	enquiries@bernicia.com
Four Housing Group (now part of the Bernicia group and formerly Three Rivers)	Three Rivers House Abbeywoods Business Park Pity Me County Durham DH1 5TG	0300 004 4444	contact@fourhousing.co.uk
Gentoo	Emperor House 2 Emperor Way Doxford International Business Park Sunderland SR3 3XR	0191 525 5000
Hanover (provider of housing and car for older people)	Hanover House 1 Bridge Close Staines Surrey TW18 4TB	0148 047 5069	general.enquiries@hanover.org.uk
Home Group	2 Gosforth Park Way Gosforth Business Park Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE12 8ET	0345 141 4663
Housing and Care 21 (older persons accommodation)	Tricorn House 51 - 53 Hagley Road Birmingham B16 8TP	0370 192 4000	enquiries@housingandcare21.co.uk
Karbon Homes (formerly ISOS)	Number Five Gosforth Park Avenue Gosforth Business Park Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE12 8EG	0300 300 1505	info@isoshousing.co.uk
Places for People	PO Box 2070 Preston PR5 9BY	0845 850 9571

The following housing associations have their own waiting list and you will need to apply directly with them:

Housing associations
Association	Address	Telephone	Email
Accent Foundation North East	202 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough TS1 3QW	0345 678 0555	customerservices@accentgroup.org
Bomarsund Housing Co-Operative	3a Cherry Trees Fourth Avenue Blyth NE24 2SJ	0167 054 4414	admin@bomarsundco-op.co.uk
Durham Aged Mineworkers (older persons housing)	PO Box 31 The Grove 168 Front Street Chester-le-Street County Durham DH3 3YH	0800 043 2642	info@damha.org.uk
Railway Housing Association	Bank Top House Garbutt Square Neasham Road Darlington DL1 4DR	0800 028 7428	info@railwayha.co.uk
Riverside North East	6 Staithes The Watermark Gateshead NE11 9SN	0345 111 0000

The following housing associations provide specialist supported housing:


Housing associations
Association	Address	Telephone	Email
Tyne Housing Association LTD (providing housing for single, homeless and vulnerable people)	St Silas Church Building Clifford Street Byker Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE6 1PG	0191 265 8621	info@tynegroup.org.uk
Carr-Gomm Society (providing supported housing)	11 Harewood Road Edinburgh EH16 4NT	0300 666 3030
Dimensions North East (supporting people with learning difficulties)	Tyneside Office John Buddle House Buddle Road Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE4 8AW	0300 303 9021