Welcome to Gentoo

We are a housing association that provides homes for more than 60,000 people.

Review of office locations

We've been reviewing our office locations to make sure they are easy to access, comfortable and welcoming spaces for our customers to visit us.

We have invested £250k into our future workforce as we welcome 25 new apprentices

10 September 2025

We have welcomed 25 apprentices to the organisation, after a successful open day with over 500 candidates attending the event at our head office in May.

In one of Sunderland’s biggest apprentice intakes in 2025, we prioritised applications from our customers and young people leaving......

Latest news

24 September 2025

We have joined the Fellowship of Education to close educational divide

The Laidlaw Foundation launches the Fellowship of Education with Barclays, Nissan and Gentoo as f...

22 September 2025

We’re updating how we review housing register applications

Starting Tuesday 23 September 2...

17 September 2025

An update on our office locations

Over the past year, we’ve been working to review our office locations to make sure they are easy ...