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Category: Housing

Salix Homes helps keep elderly tenants warm and well

A housing association is ensuring its elderly and vulnerable tenants keep warm and well this winter. Salix Homes, which manages more than 8,300 properties across central...

Housing workers to take part in overnight Tweetathon

Housing workers will be giving a rare glimpse into what happens in Salford after dark during an overnight Twitter marathon. Salix Homes, which owns more than 8,300 homes...

Refurb on 400 Ordsall and Weaste homes complete

The first phase of major improvement work to thousands of homes across Salford has been completed, say Salix Homes. Work began in April to revamp almost 400 properties...

Pictures: Salford wowed by ‘slum clearance’ photo exhibition

Hundreds of people crammed into Ordsall Hall on Friday for a one-off photo exhibition of Salford’s slum clearance areas. It brought together former residents of...

Manchester & Cheshire Construction strike China housing deal

A Salford-based construction firm has formed an alliance with a Chinese developer to buy sites for residential schemes in Greater Manchester. The agreement is between...

Free computer courses in Salford

Salix Homes can support you with getting online offering free training courses to help improve your ICT skills, as well as signposting you to free internet points across...

Salford’s ForWorks wins £31m contract

Salford-based social housing construction firm ForWorks has secured a massive £31.2 million maintenance services contract for Villages Housing Association. The 13-year...

Salix Homes launches new repairs service

Salix Homes tenants can look forward to a new locally-based repairs service. As from Monday October 5 they’ll be providing their repairs service directly rather...

Wellington Drive in Worsley named best street to raise a family in Greater Manchester

It’s the subject of much discussion – and more than a few arguments – but where is the best place to live in Manchester? Well, a report from property data...

Cleminson Street Salford, highway work complete

The £1.1million highway realignment scheme on Salford’s Cleminson Street is now complete, adding to and supporting the extensive work already undertaken in and around...