GM Social Housing Quality Fund

Tender description

Grant application The competition is open to: Housing Providers that own or manage social housing in Greater Manchester. Local Authorities that own or manage social housing in Greater Manchester. The Social Housing Quality Fund (SHQF) will improve the physical decency of social housing in Greater Manchester. It will target homes with serious damp and mould hazards including those where the hazards are a threat to health. It will support the installation of measures to homes in priority order: Band 1: Dealing with Category 1 damp and mould housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS) hazards? Band 2: Dealing with Category 2 damp and mould HHSRS hazards facing vulnerable households? Band 3: Dealing with other Category 2 damp and mould HHSRS hazards? Band 4: Dealing with properties where tenants have reported damp and mould issues and surveys have identified remedial action required? Band 5: Supporting ‘infill’ works to properties of archetypes with vulnerable tenants where issues are known to occur and where evidence demonstrates elevated risks of hazards occurring? Band 6: Supporting ‘infill’ works to properties of archetypes where issues are known to occur and where evidence demonstrates elevated risks of hazards occurring? The competition will allocate up to £15 million of funding to support remedial and preventative damp and mould measures that improve the physical decency of social housing in Greater Manchester. Keywords: housing, DLUHC, Social Housing Quality Fund, grant, social housing