The organisation owns more than 30,000 properties and houses over 80,000 people in Northern England.

Karbon Homes additionally own 54North Homes, a separate entity who provide social housing in Leeds and York.

Karbon Homes, formerly Isos Housing and Cestria Community Housing was formed in April 2017[2] In 2020, it was announced Sir David Bell, the vice-chancellor and chief executive of the University of Sunderland would join the board as chairman.

[3] In 2021, Karbon Homes acquired 1,800 homes as part of its acquisition of the Byker Community Trust housing association.

[5] Leazes Homes - an arms-length organisation of Newcastle City Council joined Karbon Homes in 2024 as a wholly owned subsidiary.