As of October 2026, Social Homes for Manchester (SH4M) has become Social Homes for Greater Manchester (SH4GM). It might take a while to filter through to all branding, as it will be some time before there is work in other boroughs at the scale of the projects ongoing in Manchester. Many of the active organisations in the coalition already serve or represent GM-wide communities, for example GM Tenants Union, GM Law Centre, Shelter GM, Greater Together Manchester / GM Homeles

At 11.59 pm on Monday 28th September, the tiny window of consultation on the la test version of the Manchester Local Plan closed. Held, as is so often the case, during August when most people are on holiday, and open for a short six-week consultation period with little to no public outreach, most citizens of Manchester will have no idea of the importance or existence of this critical piece of urban policy. Fortunately, in Manchester, we have had a coalition of dedicated commu

Social Homes for Manchester (SH4M) has been supporting a process in Hulme to explore the possibility of creating a Neighbourhood Plan for the area. Neighbourhood Plans (NP) give communities power to influence what gets built in their area, how the buildings are designed and where they are sited. This is a good fit with the aims of SH4M, which are to see more community control over planning, and in particular, more housing that meets local need in terms of size, environmental

A packed Council Chamber hears testimonies from Manchester residents The winds of political change were felt through the Council Chamber at Manchester Town Hall on Friday afternoon as the Manchester Social Housing Commission launched their final report and recommendations to a room of over 100 housing and planning professionals, councillors, officers, housing activists, residents and communities. You can watch clips of different sections of the event using the links at the bo

Today we launch the final report and recommendations of the Manchester Social Housing Commission (July 2024 - December 2025). The Commission brought together social housing tenants, grassroots community organisations, senior public and voluntary sector leaders, housing and planning professionals, academics, housing campaigners, politicians and officers at Manchester City Council for a shared purpose: to achieve accelerated delivery of ecologically sustainable housing for soci

Over 70 residents, community leaders, council officers and public provider stakeholders attended the amazing #CommunityPoweredNeighbourhoods event on 17 March 2026 cocreated by Wythenshawe Central Network, Social Homes for Manchester (SH4M) and the We’re Right Here campaign as part of this years’ #GMLiveWellFestival. It was an absolutely brilliant day full of excitement, hope, innovative ideas and grassroots solidarity! We were welcomed by John Hopkins Co-Chair of Wythenshawe