13/10/2022
Our investment team has invested £50k in its first major clean-up of the West St neighbourhood, as part of regeneration work in the area. We know how important it is for us to invest in existing homes and green spaces around them, alongside progressing our new build West Vale development. Over t...
07/10/2022
We are celebrating after September was our highest performing development month to date, helping us keep up momentum on supply of much-needed, new affordable homes and moving us closer to the targets set out in our development strategy 2020-26. Our team took handover of 28 great new homes in Royt...
06/10/2022
We are delighted to announce that we have selected two partners to take on four-year major investment contracts worth a combined £38 million – supporting our work to provide great homes and services for our customers.The deals will see Wates Property Services provide investment works inside our c...
05/10/2022
Fridges, sofas, bed heads, old buggies and bags of household waste. These are just some of the things we helped people in Sholver to get rid of with three community waste collection days last month. Held 27-28 September, the sessions were designed to support customers to get rid of their rubbish...
30/09/2022
Customers moving into our latest new apartments are set to benefit from high quality, modern, eco-friendly homes which are economical to run. Our High Barn Phase Two development of sixteen one-bedroom apartments on Edge Lane St, Royton was completed earlier this month and customers are now settli...
29/09/2022
This week we have launched a new three-year strategy to help tackle fly tipping and waste in your neighbourhoods to make them cleaner, greener, great places to live.
27/09/2022
Recently pupils from local primary school Woodlands Primary Academy, members of Friends of Stoneleigh Park and Councillor Angela Cosgrove joined our team to litter pick their way round the Derker neighbourhood and clear 12 bin bags of rubbish from the streets. Great work! Armed with high-vis vest...
26/09/2022
Six young people have joined us in a variety of apprenticeship roles, as we commit to creating employment opportunities for local people. Our new intake comprises Jordan Kemp, Panashe Sharaunga, Baillie McLoughlin, Will Meredith, Illan Cooke and Ruhan Hussain into the roles of one electrician, tw...
21/09/2022
Keeping you safe in your home is our number one priority, but do you know how a fire door keeps you safe? Is it ever OK to wedge or prop open a fire door or remove the self-closer on a fire door? Do you know how to report a faulty fire door if you spot one, and why it’s so important? These questi...
20/09/2022
The first phase of our improvement project to make more than 200 FCHO-owned homes more energy efficient and help cut customers’ gas and/or electric bills by up to a third is underway. The investment work, which will be completed between now and March 2023, will bring homes up to a minimum of Ener...