04/08/2025
We were delighted to welcome two enthusiastic young people, Lucy Richmond from Oldham and Ella Leys from Todmorden, to First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) as part of MP Debbie Abrahams’ annual summer school initiative. Over four days, Lucy and Ella explored the inner workings of a modern social hous...
24/07/2025
If you’re unhappy with how we’ve managed a repair at your home, please speak to us directly before turning to a claims company. At FCHO, we’re committed to being the best landlord we can be. That means listening to your concerns, understanding the issue, and doing everything we can to put things...
23/07/2025
We have appointed three new members to our Board. Ade Alao, Jackie Njoroge and Sarfaraz Akram are all from Greater Manchester and bring a wealth of strategy, business and housing experience to the Board table. Each will serve an initial three-year term as non-executive directors.
16/07/2025
Our new strategy to help us deliver the best services to our customers, ways we’re enhancing services through new technology, and how we’re performing. These were among the items discussed at our Customer and Communities Committee’s first meeting in June. The group is a new committee in our Board...
10/07/2025
This month, we received the first three affordable homes from the Mossylea Close development in Middleton. Brookhouse Group is building on the brownfield site, and by the end of the year, we at First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) will have taken delivery of 29 properties in total, at a cost of £7.13...
04/07/2025
Our Customer Voice Panel reviewed the services we provide to clean communal areas in our blocks of flats and how we look after open spaces in our neighbourhoods. They told us that that they would like to be clearer about how we communicate… What our services include and what customers can expect...
03/07/2025
Work to improve the energy efficiency of 645 of our homes will begin this month in a £6.1 million new wave of investment. The work is starting on 14 July with properties in Abbey Hills, Roundthorn, Shaw and estates in Chadderton all earmarked for the improvements. Retrofitting and upgrading insul...
26/06/2025
As part of Operation Vulcan, we’ve started the process to evict nine customers involved in criminal activity.
