Six Town Housing comes back in house
Bury Council has formally taken over responsibility for managing and maintaining its council 7,700 homes across the borough, following the transfer of staff and services from Six Town Housing.
Bury Council has formally taken over responsibility for managing and maintaining its council 7,700 homes across the borough, following the transfer of staff and services from Six Town Housing.
Bury Council is to take over the running of its 7,700 homes from Six Town Housing on 15 January.
Tenants of Six Town Housing have overwhelmingly backed plans to bring their housing services back under council control.
Quality homes in safe and successful communities is the aim of proposals which will change the way council housing is run in Bury.
Sharon McCambridge, chief executive of Six Town Housing, has announced that she will retire in 2023 at a date to be confirmed.
Tenants on the Springs estate in Bury have voted overwhelmingly to take complete control of how their council houses are managed.
The hard work and commitment of volunteers and tenants across Bury were celebrated at Six Town Housing’s Community Heroes awards.
A Six Town Housing tenant has had his electronic equipment seized for the second time because of the nuisance he was causing his neighbours.
A Six Town Housing tenant has had all his TVs and speakers seized because of the nuisance he was causing to his neighbours.
A Prestwich tenant’s failure to pay a fixed penalty notice for depositing waste has landed him with a bill for nearly ten times the amount.
Six Town Housing (STH) are delivering Winter Warmer packs - containing food, warm socks and more - across the borough to some of the most vulnerable tenants living in the homes they manage on behalf of Bury Council.
Six Town Housing hosted its annual Community Stars Awards ceremony last week, which recognised local residents who go the extra mile to improve the lives of others.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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