The merged housing association aims to build 2,000 new homes per year.

These included traditional rented housing, shared ownership, key worker and student accommodations.

[6] The merger was put on hold in July of that year by Nationwide Building Society, and eventually, the plan fell through.

[18] In 2018, Metropolitan lost a legal case at the Court of Appeal against two tenants in the East Midlands who it had sought to evict after they made complaints about anti-social behaviour in their area.

[19] In March 2018, the Guardian reported that housing associations including Metropolitan had made millions of pounds from buying land from the Ministry of Defence, applying for planning permission and then reselling the land.