Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has backed proposals for a GM-wide Ethical Lettings Agency (ELA) to help drive up standards in the private rented sector. Housing associations and local authorities from across the region have Read more…
BBC News Home Editor, Mark Easton was a guest speaker at an event last week which saw Greater Manchester Housing Providers come together with local authorities to discuss how they tackle some of the key Read more…
Jon Lord, Chair of Greater Manchester Housing Providers signed a pledge yesterday to join the ‘Give us a Chance’ campaign. Give us a Chance or ‘GUAC’ is a leading consortium of social landlords who are Read more…
A few weeks ago, like many across the country, some of my wonderful and caring colleagues arranged a ‘time to talk, time to change’ session – encouraging all of us at MSV to talk about Read more…
THE MAYOR of Greater Manchester has announced that a consortium of GMHP members will deliver hundreds of new homes for people previously sleeping rough as the city-region’s ground-breaking Housing First scheme gets under way. Andy Read more…
A traineeship programme is laying the foundations for a successful career in construction for young people in Salford. Build Salford is helping to create the workforce of the future, having so far supported more than Read more…
The Greater Manchester Housing Provider’s (GMHP) partnership has ensured more than 6,000 employees are now on the Living Wage. Given on a voluntary basis, 13 of the 26 members of the GMHP are now officially Read more…
Greater Manchester Housing Provider member, Bolton at Home has strengthened its plans to bring 1,400 new properties to the affordable housing market within five years. It has signed a new memorandum of understanding with Bolton Read more…
GMHP member, Irwell Valley Homes has started major renovation works to bring two derelict buildings back to life in Salford. The buildings on Great Clowes Street, which have stood empty for several years, are being Read more…
GMHP member, ForViva Group has marked ten years of investment and regeneration in Eccles, Salford with the official opening of a £3.2m apartment complex in the heart of the town. The scheme has taken spending Read more…