Karbon Homes
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| Founded | April 2017 |
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| Type | Housing association |
| Location |
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Area served | Northern England, United Kingdom |
Key people | Sir David Bell (chairman), Paul Fiddaman (group chief executive)[1] |
Revenue | £100 million (2024) |
Employees | 1,000 (2024) |
| Website | karbonhomes |
Karbon Homes is a housing association in the United Kingdom, formed in 2017 as a merger between Cestria Community Housing and Isos Housing. The organisation owns more than 30,000 properties and houses over 80,000 people in Northern England.
Karbon Homes additionally own 54North Homes, a separate entity who provide social housing in Leeds and York.
History
[edit]Karbon Homes, formerly Isos Housing and Cestria Community Housing was formed in April 2017[2]
In 2020, it was announced Sir David Bell, the vice-chancellor and chief executive of the University of Sunderland would join the board as chairman.[3]
In 2021, Karbon Homes acquired 1,800 homes as part of its acquisition of the Byker Community Trust housing association.[4] In 2024, Leazes Homes - an arms-length organisation of Newcastle City Council joined Karbon Homes as a wholly owned subsidiary.
References
[edit]- ^ "Group Board".
- ^ Ord, Matthew (26 April 2017). "Karbon Homes to extend County Durham footprint".
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Why I wanted to be a housing association chair". Inside Housing. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ EDITOR, Liam Turner- (2021-04-06). "Karbon takes control of Newcastle's Byker Estate". Housing Digital. Retrieved 2024-11-08.