The Future Shape of the Sector Commission is an initiative from Network Homes, Clarion Housing Group and L&Q.
The review will be chaired by Lord Andrew Turnbull, former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, it will look at how housing associations of all sizes should respond to the housing crisis and manage any future changes in a post-Brexit world.
This new commission will look at what the implications of that growth are for the sector.
Commissioners include Professor John Hills from the London School of Economics; Torsten Bell, director of the Resolution Foundation; and Steve Douglas, partner at Altair and former chief executive of the Housing Corporation.
The commission is issuing a call for evidence this week to housing associations, government, councils, thinktanks and charities among others and will hold roundtables in the new year before a final report is published next summer.
The closing date for submissions is Friday 24 November.