Is there a map of social housing?

[DaveCWK]

I.e a map of exactly which properties are council housing / housing association owned homes.

Does anyone know if this data is available from Land Registry or similar?

[Countdown]

I can't imagine there would be, partly because ownership changes so often.

[Metric Max]

Just look for trampolines and hot tubs in the front gardens maybe.............

[Spare tyre]

No

If you are looking you can usually tell

That said we had a wonderful neighbour for years then she expired and replaced with sausage after sausage until we gave up
And moved

[Riley Blue]

Any use? https://uksocialhousing.com

[GordonGekko]

In Bristol, I have 5 rentals all in the same area which is a former council estate. Much of the housing stock has had the right to buy exercised - the privately owned ones mostly have nicely trimmed hedges and a (fairly) presentable front garden; whereas the councilistas can be identified by the brand new roofs and an array of benefit-scum garden ornaments such as shopping trolleys/scrap cars/mattresses/etc

[steveo3002]

Metric Max said:

Just look for trampolines and hot tubs in the front gardens maybe.............

beat me to it , and a fighting dog of some description and see if you can spot the biggest tv ever made through the windows , bonus points if the box is still on the overgrown dog egg infested lawn

[Betson]

The default JLR product parked on the grass and mud via ocean finance, is also a pointer.

[DavePanda]

Drive around, any house with bikes/toys/signs from B&M in the front garden, guaranteed social housing

[blueg33]

It’s pretty easy using a tool like Land Insight.

You can show all the properties in an area with the same ownership and it will tell you who the owner is.

The other methods listed above like looking at hedges etc is fundamentally flawed.

Why do you want to know?

[blueg33]

Countdown said:

I can't imagine there would be, partly because ownership changes so often.

It doesn’t. Most stock has been in the same ownership for decades.

[blueg33]

Riley Blue said:

Any use? https://uksocialhousing.com

Not sure where they get their data from, but its certainly incomplete and possibly totally wrong

[RotorRambler]

If a recent development, solar panels

[Mr Creosote]

RotorRambler said:

If a recent development, solar panels

Really? There’s a new development near me of 12 houses. The cheapest was £895k I think, and they all have solar panels.

[Riley Blue]

blueg33 said:

Riley Blue said:

Any use? https://uksocialhousing.com

Not sure where they get their data from, but its certainly incomplete and possibly totally wrong

So where's the complete, correct data to be found?

[blueg33]

Riley Blue said:

So where's the complete, correct data to be found?

I suggested a way up the thread. But as far as I am aware there is no single database.

The database you linked to doesn t include properties I know are social housing that are owned by the HA s I work for.

[blueg33]

RotorRambler said:

If a recent development, solar panels

That’s daft.

Solar panels are usually a planning requirement across all tenures.

[Countdown]

blueg33 said:

Countdown said:

I can't imagine there would be, partly because ownership changes so often.

It doesn t. Most stock has been in the same ownership for decades.

The ones I worked for used to lose about 3%-5% every year die to RTB/RTA, then there was all the new developments (roughly the same number as we were losing) then there were all the Shared Ownership ones

[blueg33]

Countdown said:

blueg33 said:

Countdown said:

I can't imagine there would be, partly because ownership changes so often.

It doesn t. Most stock has been in the same ownership for decades.

The ones I worked for used to lose about 3%-5% every year die to RTB/RTA, then there was all the new developments (roughly the same number as we were losing) then there were all the Shared Ownership ones

Thought we were talking social rather than affordable?

The HA I work for builds about 1000 pa and sells about 300. The sales are all stock that is too expensive to bring up to standard.

We lose very few to RTB. In two years we have gone from 27,000 homes to 29,000 homes.

[Sheepshanks]

Mr Creosote said:

RotorRambler said:

If a recent development, solar panels

Really? There s a new development near me of 12 houses. The cheapest was £895k I think, and they all have solar panels.

Are they a token gesture of a few panels set flush into the roof, in order to comply?