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New housing association to join G15 group
One Housing Group is set to join the G15 group of London’s largest housing associations, the group announced today.
The 16,000-home association, which plans to build more than 5,000 homes over the next 10 years, is the 12th association in the group.
Although when it was founded it contained 15 housing associations, the G15 was reduced to 11 thanks to successive mergers of its various members.
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Paul Hackett, chair of the G15, said: “I’m delighted One Housing Group is joining G15 at this important time for the sector. With the addition of One Housing Group, G15 will own and manage almost 600,000 homes and be an even greater contributor to housebuilding in London and the South East.
“I’m especially pleased that Richard Hill joins us as we seek to increase our influence with government, the Greater London Authority and the boroughs”.
Mr Hackett took over as chair a year ago. He is also the chief executive of Optivo, an association that itself was formed from the merger of Amicus Horizon and Viridian.
Richard Hill, chief executive of One Housing Group, has been in the post since last September. He joined One Housing after leading Spectrum into a merger with Sovereign in 2016.
He said: “We’re delighted to be invited to join G15. At One Housing Group we want to play our full part in helping to address the housing crisis in London.
“We’re really looking forward to working with Paul and our G15 colleagues to be a positive and influential voice in the conversation about how we can meet London’s housing needs”.
