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GMCA invests £10m to help deliver 100 new supported homes

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has agreed a £10m investment to help deliver up to 100 new supported homes in the region.

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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham (picture: Guzelian)
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At a meeting of the combined authority last week, leaders agreed to channel £10m from the Greater Manchester Housing Investment Loans Fund into two new funds for specialist supported housing.

The Resonance Supported Homes Fund will be used to buy, refurbish and modify homes for people with learning disabilities, autism and neurodivergence, mental health needs, challenging behaviours and physical impairments.

A second fund will be used to buy, refurbish and adapt homes for people who are in priority need for social housing.

More than 26,000 people in Greater Manchester are currently estimated to fall into this priority need category.


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According to the GMCA, the £10m it is contributing will be at least doubled through the contribution of other investors.

The fund, which will be managed by social impact investment company Resonance, is expected to enable the provision of up to 100 homes over the next two years.

All homes will be let through specialist housing providers, such as housing associations or supported housing providers.

Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, said: “People with learning disabilities such as autism and other disabilities often have a really tough time, living in accommodation that is not suitable for or tailored to their needs.

“We want Greater Manchester to be a place where everyone is supported to achieve their full potential.

“Investment like this will help provide the homes and support that people with learning disabilities deserve and that will help them to live happy and fulfilled lives.”

Paul Dennett, lead on housing and homelessness at the GMCA and mayor of Salford Council, said: “We urgently need to provide more affordable and specialist housing across Greater Manchester.

“I’m very pleased to see the Greater Manchester Housing Investment Loans Fund being used in this way and that we are able to make these equity investments into two social impact funds that will help provide many more quality homes, supporting our ethical lettings agency and delivering specialist housing in Greater Manchester.

“It will also attract other social investors to accelerate the impact and scale of our funding.”

Specialist supported housing in England is often funded by real estate investment trusts, which enter lease deals with housing associations to provide adapted homes.

The model is controversial, and several specialist supported housing providers have been ruled non-compliant by the Regulator of Social Housing since 2018.

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