About us

The road to home

Ermine Street Housing – the road to home

At Ermine Street Housing we believe in putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We own a growing stock of homes in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Northamptonshire that allow us to offer competitive market rents, as well as security and comfort of long term tenancies if you need it, but we are happy to put contracts in place that match your needs.

Ermine Street Housing is the trading name for South Cambs Limited, the housing company set up by South Cambridgeshire District Council. We are an independent limited company, but wholly owned by the Council. The income generated by the business activity provides an income stream to the council to provide and protect valuable services.

In November 2015 the Council decided to expand the business and invest a further £100 million over the next 5 years, buying an additional 500 properties.

Board of Directors

Ermine Street Housing (ESH) is an independent property company wholly owned by South Cambridgeshire District Council.

Governance and the strategic direction of the company is undertaken by a Board of Directors. We now have a full board in place comprising of two South Cambridgeshire District Council councillors, two executive officers of the council and two independent non executive directors.

If you are interested in becoming a member of our Board, we are currently recruiting and Independent non Executive Director. Please download the information pack for more information. if you would like to apply, please fill out the Declarations form, the Monitoring form and send this with the information requested in the pack to Duncan.Vessey@scambs.gov.uk