Helping people put down roots since 1909
Our business for social purpose ethos began when in 1900
our founder, Victorian philanthropist, William Sutton bequeathed
his fortune to a charitable trust to provide ‘model dwellings
and houses for occupation by the poor of London and other towns and
populous places in England’.
In 2009 we celebrated a century of helping
people put down roots with the 100th birthday of our first scheme,
Bethnal Green, in East London. Developed in 1909, Bethnal
Green was one of Europe’s first charitable housing developments and
provided an escape from London’s East End slums for around 400
people.
Today we are a nationwide housing association
with over 161,000 people calling an Affinity Sutton home ‘their
home’, thanks to merger and stock transfer successes as well as our
active new homes development programme. One thing hasn’t
changed though - our commitment to maximise life chances for our
residents and create places for communities to thrive.