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A Salford housing estate once earmarked for demolition has been granted a new lease of life in a million-pound makeover.

 
 
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A young woman from Salford has helped City West Housing Trust achieve a milestone in its employment and training efforts by becoming its 200th apprentice.

 
 
 

An emergency night shelter in Greater Manchester has blamed changes to benefits rules for its closure.
 

 
 
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Young achievers living in housing association homes from across the North of England gathered at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium for an awards ceremony in recognition of their hard work.

 
 
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Northern Ireland’s minister for social development Nelson McCausland visited Northmoor in Manchester as part of a whistle-stop tour of some of the region’s finest regeneration programmes.

 
 
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The last surviving Seven Sisters tower blocks on Old Trafford’s Tamworth estate will host a nostalgic display of the area’s gritty history and changing fortunes, as residents look ahead to the regeneration of the estate.

 
 
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A new qualification in managing a tenancy is to be offered to ex-offenders to help them make the difficult transition from prison to a permanent home.

 
 
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Gas fitter Paul Kay has been fined in connection with a major explosion on 2 November 2010 which ripped through several properties owned by City West Housing Trust.

 
 
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A social landlord in Salford has secured £1.5 million of extra investment from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) for a new housing development in the west of the city.

 
 
 

 
Parkway Green and Willow Park Housing Trusts have merged to create Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG), which came into being on 1 April.

 

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