ForHousing formerly City West Housing Trust (CWHT) is a

housing association In Ireland and the United Kingdom, housing associations are private, Non-profit organization, non-profit making organisations that provide low-cost "Public housing in the United Kingdom, social housing" for people in need of a home. Any budge ...

in the City of Salford district. ForHousing is part of the Forviva Group with their head office in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Their homes were previously owned by

Salford City Council Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the maj ...

until 2008 when they were stock transferred across to the new entity. ForHousing owns, and maintain over 14,600 homes. Colette McKune is the Group Chief Executive and Paul Kennedy is the chairman.

Area Served

In Eccles, Swinton,

Irlam Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, southwest of Salfo ...

and

Little Hulton Little Hulton is an area in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, south of Bolton, northwest of Salford, and northwest of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Little Hulton is bordered by ...

, ForHousing have local housing offices that customers of ForHousing, or members of the public, call in to talk to members of staff. Their homes are in the Salford West area, including Eccles, Swinton,

Walkden Walkden is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, northwest of Salford, and of Manchester. Historically in the township of Worsley in Lancashire, Walkden was a centre for coal mining and textile manufacture. In 20 ...

and

Cadishead Cadishead is a village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 10,739 in 2014. Within the historic county of Lancashire. History The earliest record of Cadishead date to 1212, and show that the whole of Cad ...

Incidents

*In November 2010, a gas explosion in properties on Merlin Road,

, injured sixteen people. *In June 2016, a resident from Amblecote Gardens was taken to hospital, after falling from the second floor balcony of the sheltered housing accommodation.

References

{{Reflist Housing associations based in England City of Salford