Two small housing associations are to join 40,000-home provider Stonewater on 31 December.

Porthove Housing Association (PHHA) and the Rotary Club of Hove Housing Society (RCofHHS), which own 97 properties in total between them, will join Stonewater via a transfer of engagements. Management of the properties will pass from the providers, which will cease to exist as legal entities, to Stonewater.