We’re Magna, a not-for-profit housing association with our heart in our communities in the South West of England. But more than that, we’re on a mission to make a positive impact on the people we serve and the places where they live – now and into the future.
Creating great homes together
That’s our vision. Because we believe everyone deserves a great home – a place where they can build a better future.
What makes a great home? Our customers tell us it’s a place you feel safe, secure, warm, and that you belong. So, we won’t rest until every home’s not just a decent home but a great home.
This is our mission
It’s what drives us to make a positive impact for our customers, communities, colleagues, partners and our planet. That means providing safe, quality homes for people who need them, offering easy-to-use services, and building connected communities.
But we know we can’t it all on our own. And we don’t have all the ideas.
We want to create great homes, services and communities together – with our customers, colleagues and partners. We’re always listening, learning and looking for new ways to make a better impact.
What we do and where we do it
We’re proud to be a social landlord. We provide more than 9,000 genuinely affordable homes to over 20,000 people who need them in communities across the South West – mostly in Dorset and Somerset.
For our customers – the people who live in the homes we provide – we aim to offer easy-to-use services, outstanding experiences, and extra support when they need it to help them live their lives whatever their needs, leaving no one behind.
We also build new homes for local people in the places they need them. And we have ambitious plans to create many more.
And by working together with others, we aim to make a difference that goes beyond homes. To building places together where people feel they belong, are connected and have opportunities to thrive.
What we stand for
Everything we do is led by our strong values. And the decisions we make are guided by our principles – ethics, sustainability and value for money – so we always do the right thing for people, places and our planet, but not at any cost.
Now, we’re looking forward. Our Better Futures strategy sets our ambition to work together to make an even bigger, better, long-lasting impact by 2029.
Our story
Our story began in 1989, when West Dorset Housing Association was formed before taking over all of West Dorset District Council’s council homes in 1993. Two years later, we got a new name and Magna Housing Association was born. Throughout the ’90s we grew our reach beyond Dorset and, in 1998, also took on the former council homes in West Somerset.
Magna Housing, as we’re known today, was created in 2017 when we brought our separate organisations across Dorset and Somerset together as one team. We followed this by setting out our ambitious 10-year vision, Creating great homes together, in 2019.
Between 2021 and 2024, our Brilliant Basics strategy laid the strong foundations we needed to achieve our vision.
Now, we’re looking forwards as we work together to make a bigger, better impact and create better futures.
