30/10/2025
Keeping you safe in your home is our number one priority and in October a new law called Awaab’s Law means we must act quickly if you report damp, mould or other serious problems at your home.
The law is named after two-year-old Awaab Ishak who tragically died from mould exposure at his Rochdale...
24/10/2025
We’re inviting customers to take part in a new initiative aimed at improving how we respond to repairs and potential disrepairs in your homes.
Starting Thursday 6th November 2025, we’ll be hosting monthly customer engagement sessions at our First Place Office, running from 10:00am to 11:...
23/10/2025
We’re proud to share that First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has been recognised at this year’s prestigious Housing Executive Awards for our outstanding work in housing development and energy efficiency.
Our flagship £20 million West Vale development in Coldhurst was named Best Affordable Housing...
21/10/2025
FCHO has partnered with national developer Vistry Group to deliver 147 affordable and energy efficient homes at a key brownfield site in Oldham town centre.
The project, known as Southlink, is at the site of the former Oldham Mumps Railway station and it will be our biggest development to date, i...
17/10/2025
Oldham College T Level students joined First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) staff last week to get real world experience of construction at a development site.
The students, all in their second year studying Design, Surveying and Planning, visited our £4.5 million Arca Construct scheme on Thatcher St...
13/10/2025
As part of our ongoing support for Greater Manchester Police’s Operation Vulcan in Derker, we’ve issued notices to nine more customers who now face eviction due to serious criminal activity. This brings the total number of potential evictions across Oldham to 18 since the operation began in Marc...
10/10/2025
We’re proud to share that Olivia Greenhalgh, our Sustainability Manager, has been admitted to the prestigious Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), earning Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) status in recognition of her outstanding work in making our communities green...
09/10/2025
We have published our annual Tenant Satisfaction Measure (TSM) performance on our website.
TSMs are set by the Regulator of Social Housing and are designed to tell customers how well we’re doing at providing quality homes and services for those who rent their home from us.
The r...
06/10/2025
First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has joined forces with a St Hugh's CofE Primary School, the council and a community group to undertake a litter pick and hedge trimming ahead of Walk to School Month in October.
The work on the main route to St Hugh’s Primary School on the Holts Estate took place...