Hanover Housing Association

Staines-upon-Thames, UK

Area served

England, United KingdomProductRetirement housing; extra care housing; downsizer housing; properties for rent and sale

Key people

Dr Stuart Burgess MBE (Chair), Dame Clare Tickell (Chief Executive)Websitehttp://www.hanover.org.uk

Hanover Housing Association was a British registered social landlord (RSL) and a not for profit exempt charity registered as an industrial and provident society, number 16324R,^[1] up until November 2018, when the Association merged with Anchor to form Anchor Hanover Group.^[2]

History

Hanover Housing Association was formed in 1963 and was named after Hanover Gate, the West Gate into London's Regent's Park, where the first Board meetings of the Association were held.^[1]

The Association managed almost 19,000 mixed tenure Retirement and Extra Care properties on more than 600 estates.^[3]^[4]

The proposed merger of Hanover Housing Association and Anchor was announced in May 2018, and was completed successfully later the same year, creating Anchor Hanover Group.^[2]

Dr Stuart Burgess CBE was Chairman of the Association and Clare Tickell was the Chief Executive until the merger with Anchor.

References

^ ^a ^b How we are governed. Hanover Housing Association. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Archived here.
^ ^a ^b "Associations complete merger to form largest older people's housing provider". Inside Housing. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ About Us. Hanover Housing Association. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Archived here.
^ Associations face losing charity status by Carl Brown & Rhiannon Bury. Inside Housing, 11 March 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Archived here.