Welcome

We help people in the North East by giving them a place they can call home and offering a range of exceptional services.

Rent a home
Retirement living
Buy a home

Payments

There are many ways to pay your rent so you can choose which works best for you.

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Repairs and maintenance

Tell us what needs fixing (for emergency repairs call 0344 800 3800).

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Help and support

Get information and advice about your home and the additional support we offer.

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MyBernicia

A simple way to manage your home and tenancy, when and where you want.

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Having a place you can call home is everything

We’re here to help you find the right home that truly suits you - not just today, but for the years ahead. By understanding your needs, lifestyle and priorities, we guide you through every step of the journey, making the process clear, informed and stress-free. From first viewing to final decision, we’re focused on helping you feel confident you’ve found a place that feels right.

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Having a place you can call home is everything

We’re here to help you find the right home that truly suits you - not just today, but for the years ahead. By understanding your needs, lifestyle and priorities, we guide you through every step of the journey, making the process clear, informed and stress-free. From first viewing to final decision, we’re focused on helping you feel confident you’ve found a place that feels right.

£150m

investment into new homes by 2031

£121m

to improve the quality of existing homes

£115m

on day-to-day property maintenance and repair

£3.25m

to help tenants access employment opportunities

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Photograph of Janette Longstaff. Bernicia's Executive Director of Finance, who led our negotiations to secure a £100m loan from Barclays
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£100m loan to fund up to 1,000 new Bernicia homes

Bernicia has secured a £100m loan from Barclays Bank which will underpin the building of up to 1,000 new affordable homes. We have also refinanced an existing £20m revolving credit facility line with Barclays as we seek to deliver our new five-year Corporate Strategy ‘The Bernicia Effect: Supporting Opportunity’ –…

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Photo of the North East Housing Partnership executive team Chair John Johnston, Deputy Chair Louise Bassett and Paul Fiddaman, former Chair, with North East Mayor Kim McGuinness at the launch of the new prospectus in Sunderland
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Partnership pledge to deliver thousands more new homes

The North East Housing Partnership (NEHP) has launched its new prospectus ‘Building Better Lives’ pledging a decade of development and regeneration. The partnership consists of 20 housing associations and local authorities working together to build more new homes, renew more older properties and make homes more energy efficient and warmer…

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