History

Back in 1965, thousands of working class people in Liverpool were experiencing some of the worst housing conditions in the UK.

A group of Christian volunteers committed themselves to improving conditions for local people. They set up a group, planned fundraising campaigns, enlisted more supporters and eventually began to purchase, improve and let properties.

They called it Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT) and by 1973 with the help of Shelter and small improvement grants from Liverpool City Council, LHT had over 700 homes and had established a base in Falkner Square in the Canning area of Liverpool.

Finally people were being offered houses they could make into homes and the excitement and appreciation of local people gave LHT its back bone as a caring, social landlord.

LHT was to turn neighbourhoods around and throughout the early 70s LHT worked with the SNAP project, which was a huge three-year experiment in neighbourhood regeneration.

LHT continued to work on several projects to enhance areas, setting up three district offices and working in partnership with local businesses and people. In 1988 LHT took over 2,800 properties in Runcorn.

Other additions came with Atrium making money through the sale and rent of homes at market prices - all profits of which are ploughed back into LHT 

In April 2007 in consultation with its residents, Rodney Housing Association merged with Liverpool Housing Trust; an organisation with a similar culture and ethos. 

Rodney Housing Association was established in the 1970s and managed properties across five local authority areas.


The principal drivers for this merger were:

• A desire to speed up the ‘Decent Homes Investment Programme’.

• Greater opportunities for tenants and leaseholders to be included in the management of their homes.

• Improvements in service delivery including the introduction of an appointment system for repairs and access to LHT's Customer Service Centre.

• Funding to develop 70 new homes.