We are really excited about launching the new GreenSquare Group, bringing together Westlea Housing and Oxford Citizens Housing Association (OCHA), as a social investment agency with a focus on regeneration. It also includes our commercial subsidiary, Oakus.
A great deal of energy and synergy has brought us to this point, and while we were good apart, we truly believe that we can be great together.This partnership is a partnership of equals. While OCHA and Westlea differed in many practical ways, we discovered that we were the same where it mattered. Culturally, we hold the same things dear, and we concluded that we were as good a fit as it gets. This is a meeting of minds and aspirations.
We don’t want to grow for the sake of it. We are driven by quality service delivery to our residents; while being large enough to improve, develop and compete in a changing marketplace. By 2012, we aim to have over 10,000 homes in management.
We will operate across Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. Both Westlea and OCHA will continue to use their strong existing local reputations and identities; while we develop a stronger presence in Swindon, a major new area of operation for the Group. We intend to open a local office in Swindon shortly.
