News & Blog

Rents are changing in 2023 and for most of our customers will go up by 7%. Here are 5 things you may not know about what your rent pays for.

Work has started on our £3.2 million new build specialist supported living development in Stalybridge. Our specialist development on Grosvenor Street, will provide 17 self-contained apartments with 24 hour on-site care commissioned by the Tameside Adult Social Care Team. The plans will provide much-needed homes for adults within the local community needing health and wellbeing […]

Great Places Housing Group’s partnership with Manor Park Primary school was formed to help build and sustain the local community’s financial resilience by raising its young people’s aspirations.  Great Places is facilitating a series of events, including trips to Manchester Airport and local business Amelia Knight.  The first visit will be to Great Places’ Head […]

The Off-Site Homes Alliance (OSHA), the alliance currently consisting of 23 Housing Associations and Local Authorities including Great Places, has revealed the volumetric and panelised home manufacturers which have won a place on its new £2billion MMC framework. The national construction framework for volumetric (CAT 1) and panelised (CAT 2) Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), […]

Great Places was able to unveil its first shared ownership in Lytham St Annes with a special visit by local councillors

Insight, Great Places’ scrutiny group, has released its last review about customers’ information needs and what information is meaningful.

Great Places is a fantastic place to work and we are always looking to recruit great people to join our teams… including our customers!

This quarter we’ve seen a high level of demand as we continue to prioritise damp and mould along with emergencies related to cold weather.

Regrettably, our rents are going up for most of our customers from April 2023. Our rents are set by Government and increase with inflation.