Golden Lane Housing demergers from Mencap to become stand-alone housing association

Golden Lane Housing (GLH) is now a stand-alone housing association for people with a learning disability or autism, following a demerger from Mencap. GLH was established by Mencap as a housing charity in 1998 to address the shortage of quality housing options for people with a learning disability and registered as a housing association with the Regulator of Social Housing in 2015. Since then the organisation has grown significantly and now provides homes to over 2,500 tenants across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. John Verge, chief executive of GLH, said: “Our tenants are at the heart of all the decisions