Immigration

People applying to us from abroad must qualify for public housing by meeting one of the following criteria:

Refugee status

• Exceptional leave to enter or remain in the UK which is not subject to any condition requiring people to accommodate and support themselves without recourse to public funds
  
• indefinite Leave to Remain provided that the person is habitually resident in the Common Travel Area (UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland) and their leave to remain was not granted in the previous 5 years on the basis of sponsorship given in relation to maintenance and accommodation.
  
• Nationals of countries which have signed the European Convention on Social and Medical
• Assistance or the European Social Charter - providing they are habitually resident in the Common Travel Area and are lawfully present in the UK.
  
  Nationals of the EEA
  
• workers or self employed for the purposes of EEC Directives
  
• people who left Montserrat after 1/11/95 because of volcanic activity
  
• people who have retired from employment in the UK
  
• nationals of accession states who are registered with the Home Office Registration Scheme and are working

You can contact us by phone, fax, email or in person.

Telephone 0161 968 0501
Fax 0161 968 0143
Mini Com 0161 968 0720

We have five area housing offices, one in each of the five areas the Trust operates in. Here, you can talk to staff about your re-housing options and view the advertised properties.