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What we do as a landlord

Read about the services we provide and areas we are responsible for as a landlord.

Islington Council is a landlord of around 36,300 homes - 25,500 are tenanted homes and 10,800 are leasehold properties. Our ambition to make Islington a fairer and more equal place starts with everyone in our community having a decent, genuinely affordable and a safe place to call home.

What we do

Find out more about the services we provide to our tenants, leaseholders and residents.

Complying with consumer standards

The senior housing management team is responsible for consumer standards compliance and monitoring. The senior management team is:

Jed Young - Acting Corporate Director Homes and Neighbourhoods

  • Chair of the Service Improvement Board.
  • Overall responsibility for consumer standard compliance and service improvement of all housing services.

Ian Swift - Director of Housing Operations and Deputy Corporate Director

  • Tenancy standard.
  • Transparency, accountability, influence standard.
  • Neighbourhood and community standard.

Matt West - Director, Housing Property Services

  • Safety and quality homes standard.

If you have concerns about us meeting consumer standards, you can contact us by emailing housing.compliance@islington.gov.uk.

Tenant Management Organisations (TMO)

We have 23 TMO and Co-Operatives in Islington. The council has arrangements with TMOs and Co-Operatives for the management of 3,017 council-owned properties. Find out more about our TMOs.

Partners for Improvement (Partners)

Partners manage and maintain around 2,800 homes for the council under a 30-year contract (until 2033). The contract was set up as a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to bring these homes up to the decent homes standard and keep them at this level.

Housing Revenue Account

See all expenses and income from council housing (called the Housing Revenue Account) in the Islington Council Statement of Accounts 2023/24. You can also find directors’ pay and management costs in the Statement of Accounts.

We will publish our Housing Revenue Account business plan on this page in the next few months.

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