Who we are

Community Gateway Association is a not-for-profit community-based housing association, set up on 28th November 2005 after tenants voted for a transfer of properties from Preston City Council, to meet the housing needs of people in Preston and the surrounding area.

Our journey has been a real success story, and we are proud to have delivered on our transfer promises. Listening to the views of customers, we brought our Property Care team in-house in 2013, making improvements to how we deliver our repairs and maintenance service, as well as offering better value for money. A year later, we did the same with our Grounds Maintenance service to help us make improvements to our local green spaces.

We were the first housing association to be based on the Gateway Model, meaning we put tenants at the heart of all we do and involve them in decisions which affect them, their homes and communities. We are tenant-led, community-focused and pride ourselves on delivering high-quality services.

We have over 6900 properties - including houses, flats, our homeless prevention scheme, sheltered living accommodation and extra-care schemes.