Work Begins on £4.2m development of new affordable homes in Withington

Work has begun to demolish the former Pellowe House on Francis Road, Withington, Manchester to make way for 24 new one and two-bedroom apartments...

Salford to licence small shared homes

Salford City Council is to introduce landlord licensing for shared homes where three or four tenants live (houses in multiple occupation or HMOs.) The scheme...

Labour pledges a “housing revolution”

Labour’s manifesto will include new plans for the biggest council and social housing programme in decades to transform the lives of millions of people...

Plans submitted to build 30 new social homes in South Collyhurst

Plans have been submitted this week by Manchester City Council and Far East Consortium (FEC) to build 30 brand new homes for social rent...

Council’s low-carbon social housing project in Newton Heath reaches topping out milestone

Building works in Newton Heath to deliver 69 zero and low carbon social homes on Council-owned land on Silk Street has reached its highest...

Goverment urged to speed up No Fault evictions legislation

Clive Betts, Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee, has written to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for the Department of...

First residents move into new five-bedroom Oldham Council homes

One of the first residents to move into a new state-of-the-art Oldham Council home says it has “given her family a whole new world.” Louise has received the keys to a brand-new modern house at Primrose Bank. Oldham Council purchased 19...

The UK’s tiny houses are woefully ill-prepared for an ageing population

With babies born in the 21st century expected to live, on average, to 100, by 2050, one in four people in the UK will...

Eyesore shops stood empty for 20 years transformed into affordable homes

Six derelict shops in Salford and Prestwich, some of which have stood empty for two decades, have been transformed into affordable homes. The former commercial...

Final handover at Pendleton regeneration scheme ‘Spinners Quarter’ from Salford housing JV Lovell Together

THE FINAL handover has been completed at the Spinners Quarter development by Lovell Together – a joint venture between Lovell Partnerships and Together Housing...