News - Greater Manchester Housing Providers

The spring edition of our Anti-Poverty Newsletter is out now. Read about some of the work our GM Housing partners are doing to help tackle poverty and improve our communities. Check out the newsletter now.

We recently hosted and delivered an event focussing on Social Value and Procurement. The event was a culmination of work that has been undertaken over the past year to better coordinate the approach of local Read more…

Greater Manchester Housing Providers (GMHP) have developed a response to Labour’s Review of Social Housing. Almost one in every four homes in Greater Manchester is social housing, so we were keen to make our voices Read more…

Partners across Greater Manchester have developed a response to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government consultation on the future funding of sheltered and supported housing. Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the 10 local authorities, Read more…

Up to 200 of Greater Manchester’s most entrenched rough sleepers will be helped off the streets and supported to build a new life by a partnership made up of Greater Manchester housing providers, private rented sector partners, social investment partners and voluntary sector delivery partners, which has today been awarded a £1.8m Social Impact Bond (SIB) to deliver long-term change for some of the region’s most vulnerable homeless people. (more…)

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham joined housing providers, councils, health agencies and charities this week to discuss the region’s 10-year homelessness strategy. Around 60 experts attended the event in Salford which was hosted by housing Read more…

Greater Manchester Housing Providers come together to celebrate Starts At Home Day

Housing Providers in Greater Manchester are highlighting the contribution supported housing makes to vulnerable residents as part of today’s Starts at Home day. Starts at Home, now in its second year and run by the National Housing Federation. It celebrates how supported housing helps hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people regain their independence and confidence. (more…)

To help older people feel more confident about leaving their homes, housing providers across Greater Manchester are encouraging local businesses to sign up to the ‘Take a seat’ scheme in a bid to make our region more inclusive, accessible and age-friendly.  (more…)

Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett has outlined how tackling the housing crisis can bring an end to poverty in Greater Manchester at a conference in Salford. (more…)