BBC Radio Manchester launches Homelessness Season

A series of special reports on the homelessness crisis in Manchester and how it can be solved are to be broadcast across...

Dérive picks up keys for new affordable homes in Charlestown

Salford City Council’s new housing company Dérive has picked up the keys to its first new homes. The keys to the first of 20 two...

Greater Manchester takes 1,140 people off the streets but more have become homeless during...

Greater Manchester has taken 1,140 homeless people either sleeping rough or in unsafe shelters into hotels since the beginning of the crisis, the Mayor...

Medical and homelessness organisations sign letter to Prime Minister warning of ‘risk to life’...

S​eventeen leading health and homelessness organisations, have written an open letter to the Prime Minister warning of the double threat of coronavirus and the...

Three quarters of a million people in arreas with housing costs during Covid crisis

Almost half a million more families have fallen behind on rent during the Covid-19 crisis, a new study has revealed. The Resolution Foundation think tank...

Lucy Powell -Stamp Duty cut more than cancelled out by turbo-charged house price increase...

Labour has accused the government of having the wrong priorities on housing pushing the dream of homeownership further out of reach for many. Labour’s Shadow...

177 council homes given the green light in Little Hulton.

Salford City Council’s ground-breaking council-led housing scheme took another leap forward today after a further 177 homes were given the green light. Plans for...

27 new homes planned for former Cheadle Royal nurses’ accommodation

A derelict site used for housing nurses at Cheadle Royal Hospital is set to be redeveloped to build 27 new homes, bringing the site...
A new report has laid bare the need for reform to improve Greater Manchester’s privately rented homes

Damp, pest infections, and cold homes: Research reveals the need for change in Greater...

A new report has laid bare the need for reform to improve Greater Manchester’s privately rented homes. Researchers from the Think Tank IPPR investigated the...

Greater Manchester announces plans to roll out landlords charter by the end of the...

The latest agenda in Mayor Andy Burnham’s agenda for Greater Manchester was announced yesterday with plans for a landlord charter for the region to...