Gateway Housing Association Information

We predominantly operate in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets but we have a small stock holding in Hackney and Newham. The majority of our 2800 homes is social rent. Uniquely we are the largest provider of sheltered housing and care within Tower Hamlets. We are uniquely the largest provider of sheltered housing in Tower Hamlets and were the first registered provider of older persons shared ownership in the borough, we also have two registered care homes for older persons and have the third largest stock-holding of social housing within the borough. We are particularly proud of our new build properties for leasehold, shared ownership and direct sale e which is low density and high quality We have many positive attributes meeting our social purpose and vision of ‘supporting our communities to thrive.' This includes the investment we make each year into community projects for our resident groups and young people through the Community Chest grant fund and Environmental Improvements Grant. Our dedicated Resident Involvement Team who are leading the way in resident scrutiny. Our exciting new digital training suite ‘The Zone’ opened in 2014, is helping the team to successfully deliver our STEP (Support to Employment Programme) for local people, as well as being a focus for the provision of financial inclusion support to our residents impacted by Welfare Reform through our in house Welfare Advisor and partnership agencies. We also offer homes for market sale and shared ownership.