South Yorkshire Housing Association

in 1972, after watching the bbc drama cathy come home, syha’s founder john belcher began a small housing association; helping young homeless families in sheffield. the organisation grew into south yorkshire housing association, and over forty years later we are still providing quality local living; retrofitting, renovating, designing and new building homes throughout south yorkshire. we're an award winning organisation, featuring on the best 100 not-for-profit companies to work for in both 2016 and 2017, as well as picking up a range of industry awards. our work is now more than just housing; over 60% of our work is providing care and support, and helping vulnerable people to remain independent. today, we manage over 6,000 homes across south yorkshire and provide personalised care and support services to over 1,500 customers each year.