In the autumn of 1932 a further scheme to provide a cheaper type of property was commenced. It was therefore decided to plan another lightning campaign on similar lines to that described above but with £2,500 as a goal to be achieved. This took place during the week preceding Christmas Day 1932 and was characterised by similar enthusiasm. Such was the success that on the fifth night the target amount had been passed and in February 1933 a start was made on the Howdon Road site.

The Trust’s original estate and nursery was honoured with a visit from the Duke of Kent during his visit to Tyneside and received his heart-felt commendation.
By 1936 the Howdon Road Estate comprising 48 flats in four blocks was completed. A nursery school was also incorporated onto the site.

The Trust’s activities were severely limited during the war and for some time afterwards. Not until the early 1960s was new development considered.
In 1961 a property in Lovaine Terrace was purchased, converted to seven flatlets and named Wheldon House in honour of former Chairman, Ralph Wheldon. The Howdon Road Estate underwent improvement in 1968. In 1977 the Trust entered into a management agreement with the North Housing Group Ltd., (later Home Housing Association, part of the Home Group Ltd.) in order to ensure continued good management of all Trust properties.

Further extensive modernisation of the Howdon Road properties, with funding from the Housing Corporation, was begun in 1979. This was the first time that public funding had been used by the Trust.

As a consequence of the 1980 Housing Act, the Square Building Trust tenants were given the right to purchase their properties. Between 1982 and 1985 ten houses at Hawkeys Lane were purchased by sitting tenants.

In 1985 the remaining fourteen houses at Hawkeys Lane were modernised and the Wheldon House flatlets were converted into four one-bedroom flats. No.68 Percy Road, Whitley Bay was bought and improved and a management agreement entered into with Northern Schizophrenic Fellowship (later, Mental Health Matters) to provide an eight-bedspace hostel.

A new development, Henderson Court, named after long time Trust secretary Denton Henderson, was completed in 1987 to provide eight one-bedroom flats and four one-bedroom bungalows on the former nursery site at Howdon Road.

The year 1993 saw the completion of All Saints Court to provide nine one-bedroom flats and one two-bedroomed flat on a previous church site in Verne Road, North Shields.

In 1999 the Trust built a new property in Stephenson Street, North Shields, to provide eight bedsits allowing adults needing specialist support to benefit from independent living. A management agreement was entered into with Stonham Housing Association to provide appropriate support.

With the help of management consultants, Artis, the Trust held a major reappraisal of its properties and service agreements to ensure continued the properties and management were still giving the best value for all our tenants. A number of policies were in need of updating, so following rigorous scrutiny and a lengthy tendering process, the Trust entered into new management agreement with the Ashington-based housing management company, Bernicia.

In recognition of over 66 years service to the Trust Margaret Grey was made Honorary President.

In 2014 another new property like Cloverfield, this time in Ridley Gardens was also successfully adapted with support provision being chosen by the residents themselves.