Housing

When you have been given a positive decision from the Home Office, you will need to plan and prepare for your future accommodation.  If you have your Evisa and your National Insurance Number and you have applied for welfare benefits or have secured employment, you should register with Housing Associations for long term housing

A Housing association is not a private landlord but is in fact a not for profit organisation.

Housing associations offer similar types of housing as local councils – often to people on a low income or who need extra support.

You can apply:

• Directly to a Housing Association
• Often through your Local Council via the Housing Register

Once you apply and meet the criteria for that Housing Association, you’ll be put on a waiting list or will need to bid for properties each week.

Housing associations normally offer housing to people most suited to that particular property. You may have to wait a long time for a suitable property to become available.

Tameside Council does not own any council Houses.

List of Housing Associations 

Jigsaw Homes Tameside
0161 331 2000 / 0300 111 1133
info@jigsawhomes.org.uk
Homepage - Ashton Pioneer Homes

Regenda Homes
0344 736 0066
info@regenda.org.uk
Find a home | Regenda Homes

Onward Homes (formerly Contour Homes & Peak Valley Housing Association)
0300 555 0600
Find a home - Onward

Irwell Valley Housing Association (Haughton Green, Denton)
0300 561 1111
contact@irwellvalley.co.uk
Find a home - Irwell Valley Homes 

You can also register for long term housing here. You will be added to a waiting list for a housing association property.  www.helpwithhousing.co.uk

 
Private Renting

www.dssmoves.co.uk 

www.rightmove.co.uk

www.zoopla.co.uk

www.spareroom.co.uk

If you decide that you would prefer to rent a house from a private landlord or agent and you have never had a tenancy of this kind before, you should seek advice from Tameside Housing Advice or the LAASLO service who can help you determine whether the property is affordable to you and provide you with advice and guidance. laaslosupport@tameside.gov.uk 

Supported accommodation if you have no accommodation available to you when you are required to leave your Home Office accommodation and would like a referral to a supported accommodation provider, please email laaslosupport@tameside.gov.uk. Supported accommodation is usually a room to rent in shared house, where you pay a service charge each month for bills. You will receive support to become tenancy ready and help to move on into long term accommodation.