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Choice of homes in
Rochdale town centre
to be transformed
£25million
committed
Impression of how some of the new homes in Lower Falinge could look
ochdale Boroughwide Housing mitted to supporting the local economy, by using
(RBH) has pledged £25m over local businesses where we can, as well as helping
the next five years to “help to create new job opportunities for local people.
transform and improve the “We also want to make sure that Rochdale is the
quality and choice of homes in best possible place to live and grow old in, so we
Rochdale town centre, as well as want to modernise our services to make sure
delivering wider improvements that we can provide extra support to those who
R including new green space, need it most, making sure that our older tenants
walking and cycling routes aiming to ensure that can remain independent in their own homes for
longer.
the town centre thrives for years to come”.
“We will deliver new affordable homes across
Gareth Swarbrick, RBH Chief Executive, said: our towns and villages, with a focus on improv-
“This year we celebrate five years of being a ing quality and providing a more balanced mix of
mutual housing society, and our mutual way of homes and creating vibrant communities.
working has helped us to provide better services
for our customers, deliver new affordable homes, “That is why we have committed £25m of RBH
and create communities where people choose to funds to play our part in delivering new homes
live and work. and a brighter future for Rochdale town centre,
in addition to our wider investment in communi-
“Unlike other housing providers we are solely ties across the borough.”
focused on Rochdale borough, so we are com-
