Hanover Housing Association was a British registered social landlord (RSL) and a not for profit exempt charity registered as an industrial and provident society, number 16324R,[1] up until November 2018, when the Association merged with Anchor to form Anchor Hanover Group.

[2] Hanover Housing Association was formed in 1963 and was named after Hanover Gate, the West Gate into London's Regent's Park, where the first Board meetings of the Association were held.

[1] The Association managed almost 19,000 mixed tenure Retirement and Extra Care properties on more than 600 estates.

[3][4] The proposed merger of Hanover Housing Association and Anchor was announced in May 2018, and was completed successfully later the same year, creating Anchor Hanover Group.

[2] Dr Stuart Burgess CBE was Chairman of the Association and Clare Tickell was the Chief Executive until the merger with Anchor.