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.
Jackie is the c...
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...
03/07/2025
Green fingered customers can put their gardening skills to the test again this year as we launch our annual Budding Neighbourhoods competition.
There are three new categories for 2025 with an increased emphasis on helping the environment and biodiversity.
Customers can enter a Sustainable Garden...
26/06/2025
FCHO is proud to be an initial supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter, which launched this week at the Housing 2025 event.The scheme is the first of its type in the country and is intended to be a quality mark for both private and social housing in the region.The Regulator of S...
26/06/2025
To support Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Awareness Week our team will be holding 13 neighbourhood ASB walkabouts across the borough.
The initiative - from 30 June to 4 July - is giving us an extra chance to highlight some of the work we undertake and raise awareness of ASB and the effect it can ha...
26/06/2025
We want everyone to feel safe in their homes and communities. That’s why we’re working with Greater Manchester Police to take strong action against serious crime in Derker. As part of Operation Vulcan, we’ve started the process to evict nine customers involved in criminal activity. We’ve issued n...