Eastlight resident, Tammy Cannon, is sat in her wheelchair outside her bungalow. There is a wheelchair ramp behind her which leads to her front door.
How resident feedback is improving service charges

12/02/2026

Our recent service charge scrutiny group reviewed how service charges are communicated, calculated a…

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Eastlight resident and Customer Influence Committee member, Paul Hocker, sitting in his living room, holding a mobile phone, smiling at the camera. In the background are white walls, a number of houseplants and a stereo player on a small coffee table.
Join the 2,000 residents now using My Eastlight portal!

16/01/2026

More than 2,000 residents are now using our new My Eastlight portal and app to book and reschedule r…

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A family of Eastlight residents - including a Mum, Dad and two young children - standing on their front doorstep, smiling at the camera. The front door behind them is black, and the bricks are a light beige colour. There is a porch roof/cover over their heads.
Eastlight completes major financing deals

15/01/2026

Eastlight Community Homes has completed a series of refinancing deals with Santander and Lloyds, sec…

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Chief Executive, Emma Palmer - and Executive Director, Jo Barrett - smiling in conversation
We’re recruiting a Chief Customer Officer

12/01/2026

We’re taking an important step to strengthen Eastlight’s leadership and keep residents’ voices at th…

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Two images of Eastlight's Heads of Housing, Tammy and Claire, are beside each other
Eastlight appoints two senior leaders to drive locally focused services

12/01/2026

Eastlight Community Homes has announced two senior leadership appointments to strengthen its new pla…

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Eastlight resident, Sonata, standing on her front doorstep, smiling at the camera. The front door behind her is red, and the house is made up of a red/brown bricks. Sonata is wearing a long, colourful dress and black glasses. She has short, red hair.
£30m secured to deliver new homes

09/01/2026

Eastlight has secured £30 million in funding to enable construction of hundreds of new affordable ho…

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An Eastlight plumber is fixing a power shower unit.
Shape our Repairs Service

07/01/2026

Want to influence how your repairs are delivered? Join our Repairs Scrutiny Bootcamp this January an…

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Eastlight resident, Craig, sitting in his wheelchair on his driveway, smiling at the camera. In the background is Craig's house and a blue car. Craig is wearing a grey t-shirt, blue jeans and black glasses.
Resilience beyond the wheelchair

06/01/2026

As we wrap up our Purple Tuesday campaign, Craig’s experience highlights the realities of living wit…

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A view of Eastlight House, Braintree, taken from far back, so that the road sweeping past the building is more prominent in the foreground. The building (to the left-hand side of the photo) is a light cream colour and flanked by a handful of trees. The road passes to the right of the building from this angle.
We're closing for Christmas

24/12/2025

We're closing for Christmas - find out more.

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