PlaceShapers announces BCHG as a new member
8 May 2025
BCHG is an anchor institution in the Black County and Birmingham, shaping the places in which people live and improving our residents’ quality of life.
Placeshapers is delighted to welcome back Black Country Housing Group to its network of community-focused housing associations.
Adrian Eggington, Chief Executive of BCHG, said: “We are excited to be re-joining PlaceShapers as members, working in collaboration with other place-based landlords. BCHG is an anchor institution in the Black County and Birmingham, shaping the places in which people live and improving our residents’ quality of life.”
BCHG has 2263 homes across the Black Country region of Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton as well as homes in Birmingham. Its services include retirement and supported living, a residential care home housing for former rough sleepers, and a range of training and skills programmes for people in its local communities.
Matthew Walker, PlaceShapers Chair and Chief Executive of Leeds Federated Housing, said: “PlaceShapers is a national network of place-based landlords who work together to help communities thrive. Members are ambitious for their communities, committed to long-term solutions, united in our purpose, and firmly in it for the long term. BCHG shares this ethos, and we are delighted they are re-joining.”
Membership is assessed by the PlaceShapers Board of ten chief executives, based on the housing organisation demonstrating that it:
- Has a long-standing commitment to the places it operates and how it strives to improve the social and economic resilience of the communities it works with.
- Puts residents and customers at the centre of what it does and ensures they have real influence on the organisation.
- Is locally focused and works actively with local authorities and local partners to improve and shape places at a strategic and operational level.
- Builds homes that respond to local housing needs and provides more than just landlord services because it cares about the people and places where it works.