Rent: Search for a home in Oldham - Oldham Housing Options website
Right to buy - buy your FCHO home
Report a problem - e.g. graffiti, refuse collection etc
Repairs for FCHO properties - e.g. electrical, damp, heating
Financial support and advice for homeowners and tenants.
Affordable Warmth - energy efficiency advice and grants
Downsize your home - cash incentives
Housing and Council Tax benefits - help with rent and council tax if you are on a low income
Financial assistance - rent, mortgage, and repossession
Home Improve loan - equity loan available to homeowners for home improvements
Home Repairs Assistance - grant for housing repairs for people aged 60+
Choices for older people - sheltered housing, extra care housing, care homes
Sheltered Housing Scheme - quality housing for older people
Bond Scheme - for people who can't afford the bond to privately rent
Houses in Multiple Occupation - standards, management, licensing
Gateways to Oldham - building and refurbishing social housing
Housing Market Renewal (HMR) - transforming neighbourhoods in Derker and Werneth
Exterior Improvement Schemes - neighbourhood facelifts
Empty Homes – bringing empty homes back into use
Inspecting homes for immigration – inspection of homes to support immigration applications
Long-term plans for housing in Oldham include securing future investment in Council-owned homes, managing the Housing Private Finance Initiative programmes, tackling fuel poverty and building new homes.
One Home: Oldham Affordable Housing Strategy 2009 - 2012 (PDF)
One Home: Oldham Affordable Housing Strategy 2009 - 2012 Action Plan (PDF)
Young people's housing strategy 2005 - 2010: Improving Housing Choices for Young People (PDF)
Greater Manchester Housing Market Assessment (PDF) - September 2008
Making the Best Use of Oldham's Housing Stock (PDF) - April 2008
Oldham Housing Needs and Demand Study (PDF) - October 2008
The Private Rented Sector: Quality and Choice in Oldham (PDF) - April 2008