Bright Future for Social Housing Tenants

Salford Council has given the green light for Salix Homes to become a ‘mutual' organisation, owned by tenants and employees, if residents support plans for a proposed stock transfer.  Last year Salix Homes was named by Salford Council as the chosen landlord to take ownership of the 8,500 council homes in Salford it currently manages in a stock transfer. If tenants vote ‘yes' to transfer, Salix Homes is poised to become one of the first employee co-owned mutual housing providers in the country, giving tenants greater control over the way housing services are provided. A new mutual Salix Homes would be owned by and accountable to its members, made up of tenants and employees, creating a new form of genuine public ownership with true resident involvement. Read more on the Salix Homes website.