Apply for housing
Rent a home
We provide a really wide range of good-quality affordable housing for rent, mostly for people whose personal circumstances make it difficult or impossible for them to meet their housing needs in the open market.
We have homes more than 30 local authority areas. Click here to see a map of all our areas. See the standards you can expect from us here.
To apply for housing with us you will need to decide where you want to live and follow guidance on how to apply for a home in that area. Currently, the areas of Preston and South Ribble have short waiting lists.
If you want to live in the areas below, you will need to complete a Great Places application form.
| Accrington |
Langley |
Ribble |
Wyre |
| Blackpool |
Leyland |
Salford |
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| Bury |
Morecambe |
South Ribble |
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| Fylde |
Preston |
Tameside |
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Click
here to download our application pack. Alternatively, please call our customer access team (CAT) on 0300 123 1966 or email
CAT@greatplaces.org.uk or text us on 07797 870734.
The completed form, and all supporting documents should be returned to the customer access team at Great Places Housing Group, 119 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1TE. To find out more about homes available in these areas, have a look at our guide,
here.
If you want to live in Manchester, you can apply online at
www.manchesterhomefinder.org, call our customer access team (CAT) on 0300 123 1966 or email
CAT@greatplaces.org.uk to ask for an application pack. This application form is for the Manchester Housing Register and is a shared waiting list with other landlords and Manchester City Council.
If you want to live in the areas below, you will need to register with the relevant organisation listed. In these areas, we advertise all our available homes on the following websites.
Trafford - go to http://www.traffordhousingtrust.co.uk/ or call 0161 968 0000.
Bolton - go to http://www.homesforbolton.org.uk/ or call 01204 335811.
Oldham - go to http://www.fcho.co.uk/ or call 0800 3287788.
Rochdale - go to http://www.rbhousing.org.uk/ or call 0845 070 5170.
Knutsford, Middlewich and Wilmslow - go to www.cheshirehomechoice.org.uk/ or call 0300 123 5031
Sheffield - go to http://www.sheffieldpropertyshop.org.uk/ or call 0114 293 0000 or 0114 205 3333.
Rotherham - go to www.rotherham.gov.uk/a_to_z/service/168/key_choices-property_shop or 01709 336005 / 01709 336565.
Blackburn, Pendle, Hyndburn or Rossendale - go to http://www.b-with-us.com/ or call 0300 123 2200.
For details of housing available from social landlords across Greater Manchester, go to https://www.pinpoint.org.uk/
You may also be interested in Homeswapper, a national mutual exchange register where tenants can register themselves for a swap anywhere in the UK. The site address is www.HomeSwapper.co.uk
Buy a home
Our home ownership service, Plumlife has helped thousands of couples, families and individuals to get onto the property ladder by offering a range of shared ownership and low cost home ownership schemes.
We operate across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Yorkshire and our zone agency service provides a one stop shop for first time buyers.