The Shepherds Bush Housing Association was first established in 1966 by Reverend John Asbridge, vicar of St Stephen's Church, Shepherd's Bush, who sought with his parishioners a means to "acquire and administer property for letting to needy families."

In the early 1960s members of St Stephen's Church, Shepherd's Bush were concerned about the poor conditions in which many parishioners lived.

Vicar Reverend John Asbridge led a group of individuals, drawn from the parish and elsewhere, to "acquire and administer property for letting to needy families."

The trust's first property was 220 Hammersmith Grove, a handsome but rather run-down four-storey building which was converted into four flats.

[3] By the early 21st century the Shepherd's Bush Housing Association owned and managed more than 5,000 homes.