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Greater Manchester puts Housing First as Good Landlord Charter reaches half of all rented homes

|Date: 7 July, 2025

Greater Manchester puts Housing First as Good Landlord Charter reaches half of all rented homes

More than half of all rented homes in Greater Manchester are now covered by the UK’s first ever Good Land ...

More than half of all rented homes in Greater Manchester are now covered by the UK’s first ever Good Landlord Charter — a key pillar of the city-region's Housing First ambition to increase supply, dri ...

7 July, 2025
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Andy Burnham pledges 10,000 new council homes by 2028 in Greater Manchester as he unveils plans to tackle the housing crisis

|Date: 9 May, 2024

Andy Burnham pledges 10,000 new council homes by 2028 in Greater Manchester as he unveils plans to tackle the housing crisis

Newly re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made tackling the housing crisis a top pr ...

Newly re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made tackling the housing crisis a top priority for his third term, unveiling measures to increase the amount of social housing in the c ...

9 May, 2024
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Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

|Date: 1 March, 2024

Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

Official figures released on 29th February show life-changing interventions in Greater Manchester are hel ...

Official figures released on 29th February show life-changing interventions in Greater Manchester are helping to bring an end to entrenched rough sleeping — despite intense continued pressure on local ...

1 March, 2024
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Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

New research published by charity Homeless Link, proves that Housing First support can deliver huge impro ...

New research published by charity Homeless Link, proves that Housing First support can deliver huge improvements to people’s physical and mental health and their likelihood to re-offend, as well as en ...

5 February, 2024
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“Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice, but failure to respond to the housing crisis is a Government choice”, warns Mayor Andy Burnham as he marks success of Housing First scheme

|Date: 10 November, 2023

“Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice, but failure to respond to the housing crisis is a Government choice”, warns Mayor Andy Burnham as he marks success of Housing First scheme

Mayor Andy Burnham has made an urgent call on Government to work with Greater Manchester to prevent an in ...

Mayor Andy Burnham has made an urgent call on Government to work with Greater Manchester to prevent an increase in homelessness and rough sleeping, as national policy decisions put growing pressure on ...

10 November, 2023
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Lift fire safety flagged as critical risk in major retrofit programmes

Rethinking shower retrofits in social housing

Decent Homes reset: Why condition, data and outcomes matter more than ever

NatWest sets new £10bn funding ambition for UK social housing

Mansell opens Greater Manchester’s first dedicated MMC Centre to scale housing delivery

Green jobs scheme launches to support energy efficiency targets

Cardo Group retains major repairs and maintenance contract with Dacorum Borough Council

Bell tasked with four phase retrofit project for Hafod in South Wales

Voicescape acquires Enterprise RPA to create integrated AI & RPA platform for social landlords and local authorities

Carbon monoxide detectors in fire detection and fire alarm systems

Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

“Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice, but failure to respond to the housing crisis is a Government choice”, warns Mayor Andy Burnham as he marks success of Housing First scheme

“Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice, but failure to respond to the housing crisis is a Government choice”, warns Mayor Andy Burnham as he marks success of Housing First scheme