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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Council launches consultation on HMO planning controls</title>
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      <description>Oldham Council is asking residents to share their views on plans to introduce new rules for shared housing.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Hive Homes starts work on 132 new homes in Derker</title>
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      <description>Oldham Council and Hive Homes are celebrating the start of works which will see 132 new homes built in Derker across four brownfield sites.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Oldham Council and Jigsaw Homes start work on new homes for young people at risk of homelessness</title>
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      <description>Work has started to transform a vacant brownfield site into 15 homes for young people at risk of homelessness.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Oldham Council and Muse announce the start of their community conversation on town centre living</title>
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      <description>Oldham Council and Muse are working together to help transform Oldham town centre as they introduce their draft Development Framework and reach out for community feedback.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Oldham Council provides Easter treats to children in temporary accommodation</title>
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      <description>Children living in temporary accommodation will get a free Easter egg this year, thanks to an initiative from Oldham Council and their partner Muse.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Building a local response to a national housing crisis</title>
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      <description>By Cllr Arooj Shah, Leader of Oldham Council</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Work starts on the first of Oldham's 2,000 new town centre homes</title>
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      <description>Plans to transform Oldham town centre with up to 2,000 much-needed new homes got underway this week, with initial works beginning at Oldham Civic Centre.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Tackling the housing crisis: 500 new social homes coming to Oldham announced at Oldham Housing Roundtable event</title>
      <link>https://www.oldham.gov.uk/news/article/2618/tackling_the_housing_crisis_500_new_social_homes_coming_to_oldham_announced_at_oldham_housing_roundtable_event</link>
      <description>Oldham Council has pledged to get 500 new social homes built in the borough over the next five years.  </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Council Leader Blog: Bringing people together to tackle our housing crisis</title>
      <link>https://www.oldham.gov.uk/news/article/2614/council_leader_blog_bringing_people_together_to_tackle_our_housing_crisis</link>
      <description>By Councillor Arooj Shah, Leader of Oldham Council </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Council Leader Blog: Tackling Oldham's housing crisis and putting our residents first</title>
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      <description>Oldham is in a housing crisis. &#13;
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There are 7,500 families on Oldham’s social housing register – with almost 11,000 applications still being processed. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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