Welcome to Innisfree

WELCOME to Innisfree's website. We hope that whether you’re a new visitor or an old friend you will find what you're looking for. Innisfree is one of around 1,300 housing associations operating in England. If you want to know more about housing associations, visit the National Housing Federation website at www.housing.org.uk.

Tenants from Lowfield Road, who were part of the successful
stock transfer from one of our major partners, Family Mosaic.
From L-R Mrs De Burca, Mr Walsh and Ms Fayerman.

We are one of the smaller ones, with over 500 homes in our ownership. However, we are continuing to grow slowly and surely with a few new schemes coming into our management each year. But growth isn't everything; we pride ourselves on our high quality services and the high opinion in which our tenants hold us. Their views are set out in the recent tenants' survey.

Our last assessment by the Housing Corporation is still available on their website. We wait with interest to see how the Tenants Services Authority will regulate small associations and measure their performance. We certainly support their increased focus on consumer involvement and tenant satisfaction.

If you have time to look through our website and read some of our reports, you will see that our primary mission is and always has been to address the needs of the Irish community in London. Ten years on from the CRE report, Discrimination and the Irish community, it is sad to report that some of our tenants still experience anti-Irish harassment. Many others have problems accessing the services to which they are entitled. We believe firmly that there is still a need for specialist providers such as Innisfree and other BME associations. Campaigning remains firmly at the top of our agenda. If you want to work with us, please get in touch.

Clare Winstanley
Chief Executive