Stockport Homes has scooped up two award at the Northern Housing Awards, celebrating and promoting all the great things the Northern Powerhouse’s affordable housing providers are doing. Scooping the prestigious title of Landlord of the Year – Stockport Homes Group are recognised for making the … [Read more...]
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Stockport Homes is building Communities that Work!
Stockport Homes is raising awareness of Communities that Work Week, taking place between 20-24 May 2019. The national Communities that Work campaign aims to raise awareness of the work that housing organisations do to help social housing tenants, and the wider community, into work and long term … [Read more...]
Three Sixty Stockport shortlisted in Housing Heroes Awards
Three Sixty Stockport, part of the Stockport Homes Group, have been named as a finalist in the Housing Heroes awards 2019. Three Sixty, whose primary focus is on delivering: refurbishment, alteration, improvements and upgrade works within the housing sector, has been shortlisted for … [Read more...]
Stockport Homes Group up for Housing Heroes Awards
Stockport Homes Group have been named as finalists in three categories in this year’s Housing Heroes Awards 2019. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Manchester on 24 June. Finalists in Housing Heroes Awards for Frontline team of the year, Support and Care team of the year and Tenant … [Read more...]
Stockport Homes Launch 2019 Garden Competition
Calling all gardeners – the Stockport Homes annual competition is back! If you have a delightful garden, tasty vegetable patch or colourful hanging baskets, you could be in with a chance of winning up to £250 in vouchers and 4 tickets to the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. With first, second and … [Read more...]
Stockport: Planning in for 297 apartments at Weir Mill
Indigo Planning has submitted an application to Stockport Council on behalf of Maryland Securities Group in support of the proposed re-development of the Grade II listed former cotton mill - Weir Mill in Stockport. Full planning permission is sought for the redevelopment of site comprising … [Read more...]
Mulbury and Equity Housing break ground on new Stockport homes
Mulbury and Stockport-based housing provider Equity Housing Group have officially broken ground on a new housing development in Reddish, Stockport. The development will contain 14 red brick townhouses adjacent to the local 19th century Victoria and Elisabeth Mills in the Houldsworth Conservation … [Read more...]
UK: End to Short-term evictions for private landlords
Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason, in the biggest change to the private rental sector for a generation. As part of a complete overhaul of the sector, the government has outlined plans to consult on new legislation … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester £500,000 Support to ‘Care Leavers Guarantee’
At a Greater Manchester Combined Authority meeting held in Stockport, all 10 local authority Leaders approved the release of £550,000 of central Government funding to kick-start the city-region’s Care Leavers strategy. Care leavers across Greater Manchester are to be supported with greatly … [Read more...]
Landlords in the North West face lower costs than UK average
Landlords in the North West of England are benefiting from investing in the the third cheapest region in Britain to be a landlord, according to specialist mortgage lender, Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (see table below). The research found that the average cost for landlords in the region … [Read more...]
GM Housing First project launches in Stockport
A three-year project that aims to rehouse over 400 homeless people has started with the first phase of Greater Manchester Housing First (GMHF) roll out across the region. In February this year, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, announced that Great Places Housing Group, would lead a … [Read more...]
Stockport Homes shine in Northern Housing Awards Shortlist
Stockport Homes Group have been shortlisted in the 2019 Northern Housing Awards which celebrate and promote all the great things the Northern Powerhouse’s affordable housing providers and their supply chain partners are doing. As a finalist in ‘Landlord of the Year’ Stockport Homes … [Read more...]