07/11/2022
We know that the cost-of-living crisis, and the rising costs of energy and bills means it’s harder to keep your homes toasty and warm during the winter, but don’t worry – we’re here to help you! As well as Oldham Council’s Warm Banks which are open across the borough, we’ve partnered with Oldham...
07/11/2022
Our Neighbourhood Care team has started its winter grounds maintenance work programme to keep your neighbourhoods neat and tidy as we move into the colder months. Grounds Maintenance winter works: what’s involved? Between now and March we won’t be cutting grass but the team will be carrying out a...
04/11/2022
Great news! Today we’ve taken handover of more affordable new homes at our Boothroyden Road development in Middleton. We are working with Elan Homes to deliver 15 two-bedroom, 11 three-bedroom, and four four-bedroom family houses at the £7.7m mixed tenure scheme. Phased handovers of the propertie...
03/11/2022
Our teams, together with colleagues from Oldham Council and our contractor Casey were out in force tackling fly tipping and waste again last week - this time in the West Street/Vale Drive neighbourhood. The session on 26 November was set up to help local people to get rid of bulky items. Our cont...
02/11/2022
Annual Report 2021/22 We're delighted to share with you our Annual Report 2021/22. Improving lives in Oldham is at the heart of everything we do, and this report covers how we performed against our three main priorities for the year: Building new homes Creating thriving communities Delivering ex...
01/11/2022
We have received reports that some of our customers are being targeted by cold callers falsely claiming to be from First Choice Homes Oldham and asking to discuss issues with repairs at their home. On some occasions these callers have been aggressive. These people are visiting customers’ homes an...
31/10/2022
Our partnership with affordable food service, The Bread and Butter Thing, has meant we’ve been able to give our customers access to great value food for a fraction of the price since 2019. We currently operate from five hubs across Oldham, but when demand for the service began to increase drastic...
30/10/2022
Our Neighbourhood Care team is getting ready to bring some extra spring colour to Derker next year, by planting thousands of flower bulbs in the neighbourhood. You may have seen our groundwork contractor busy at work planting up almost 2000m2 of green space at Whetstone Hill Road.
26/10/2022
Exciting news! We currently have 297 new build homes under construction across 11 development schemes in Oldham, Rochdale and Kirklees, as well as 40 homes in Rochdale in the development pipeline – helping us tackle the shortage of affordable housing locally and achieve our ambitious development...
18/10/2022
We’re getting behind Challenge Poverty Week 17-23 October and highlighting our work with our partners including Oldham Council to help tackle and prevent and poverty here in our borough. Our specialist teams can help you make the most of your money, support you to pay your rent and charges, assis...