Developing New Homes We have an active development programme, based on capital allocation from the Housing Corporation and streams of private finance. Most of our properties are less than fifteen years old, located in highly-sought after areas and providing, mostly, large family accommodation.
Promoting Choice Usually, we build new homes in inner city areas. However, in recent times, in order to diversify our stock and to meet the needs of a wider client group within the local housing market, we are undertaking development programmes outside inner city wards.
Improvements & Major Works We are working towards meeting the government's decent homes standards for a number of our properties, carrying out necessary major works to refurbish them. In addition, our cyclical maintenance programme and planned improvements add greater value to our properties both in terms of external and internal features. Kitchens, baths, roofs, fencing works, upgrade to security systems and access control systems in communal areas are regularly undertaken to ensure that residents enjoy comfort and security in their homes.
Urban Regeneration In conjunction with the Local Authority and other housing providers in Bradford, we play an active role in urban regeneration and the provision of quality homes to meet the needs of medium to large families.
Affordable Renting & Affordable Owning Most of our homes are for social renting. In other words, rent is usually below the rent that will be charged for similar properties in the private renting sector. However, we are also developing homes for shared ownership. This allows our customers to buy a share of equity in their home. Usually, their initial share is 25% of the worth of the property. After one year they can trade up (staircase) to a higher level of equity. They pay rent on the share that they do not own. In some cases, for instance through the discount programmes under the Right to Acquire and Social Homebuy, some of our residents have the opportunity to buy their current home.
Firebird Homes Limited Firebird Homes undertakes development projects on behalf of Manningham Housing to reduce construction costs whilst ensuring that we have new homes both for those who wish to rent and those who wish to part purchase and part rent.

Manningham Housing Association, a specialist housing association providing accomodation for large families and diverse minority communities in Bradford and Keighley, West Yorkshire, promotes tenant involvement and regeneration of local communities in addition to providing development of new homes and services to meet the housing and support needs for the community.
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