Housing association giant Peabody has joined PlaceShapers, a national network of more than 100 “locally-focused” housing associations.

Peabody is by some distance the largest association to join the group, whose members are generally mid-sized or smaller. Placeshapers says on its website its members range from small housing associations with fewer than 1,000 homes to “larger associations with more than 30,000 homes”. Peabody, also the first G15 landlord to join the group, owns or manages more than 108,000 homes.