About

Who are we and what do we do

Local Space is a social landlord with charitable aims.

We own 1821 homes, mainly in the east end of London.  We directly manage 371 of these and 1450 of these homes are managed day-to-day by companies working for the London Borough of Newham.

132 of our directly managed homes are for keyworkers who work in the public sector and the rest provide the homeless with somewhere to live. The people who live in them are chosen by the borough councils in Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest, and the City of London.

We’re building communities

We’re a registered housing provider, a social landlord with charitable status, which helps house and support people on benefits, lower incomes or with essential community (but not necessarily highly paid) jobs.

We don’t make money for shareholders. Everything we earn is either pumped back into making our homes better or spent on buying more homes, providing facilities for the community or activities to help people improve their lives.

We want to make the community stronger.

We help build up the strength of our communities by supporting them and improving people’s chances of living better and earning more.

To find out more call us on 0208 221 4000 or email us at info@localspace.co.uk

Where it all began

Local Space was created in 2006 by a partnership between the London Borough of Newham and a group of housing professionals.

By gifting 450 properties to the newly formed housing association, Newham Council helped to raise around £200 million to buy and improve over a thousand homes across east London.

These homes were all used to house homeless people, mainly on housing benefit, in good quality temporary accommodation.

The Local Space model was extremely successful and several similar enterprises were set up over the next few years.

We also grew by merging with Passmore Urban Renewal which gave us key worker accommodation in Newham and we worked closely with people living in our communities through TARA, our tenant and resident association.