Local authority social rented housing stock in both Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland has been transferred to registered social landlords under the Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT) programme. In the case of Middlesbrough the properties are now managed by Erimus Housing Association and, in Redcar and Cleveland, by Coast and Country Housing.
The only available data on new social homes is at local authority level. The figures for the period 2004-07 are as follows:
For sale/shared ownership For rent Redcar and Cleveland 2004 10 64 2005 0 82 2006 0 38 2007 12 0 Middlesbrough 2004 0 192 2005 0 67 2006 47 34 2007 10 35 Source: Housing Corporation: National Affordable Homes Programme