Non-compliant South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) would become a subsidiary of 245,000-home Places for People (PfP) under a merger plan being discussed by the landlords.

The two organisations have today announced they have entered talks about 5,000-home SYHA, which is currently in breach of the Regulator of Social Housing’s (RSH) governance and financial viability standard, joining £830m-turnover PfP.