25
Oct
2013
By Calvin at 09:35 GMT, 12 years ago
In a UK first, 30 Greater Manchester housing associations are joining forces with police to fight crime and reduce anti-social behaviour. Helen Clifton reports
Although there has been a huge 9 per cent drop to 133,848 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Greater Manchester since 2012, there is still one reported incident every four minutes - the highest number outside London.
But 30 of the region’s social landlords - which together own around 260,000 homes, with half a million tenants - are determined to break the cycle.
On 19 November, they will sign up to the UK’s first ever formal agreement between housing associations, arm’s-length management organisations and the police to share intelligence, resources, and develop best practice in the fight against crime.
Rather than a new beginning, the signatories of the crime concordat say the agreement is the culmination of years of ground-breaking partnership work taking place throughout the region.
To read the rest of this interesting article please follow this link to Inside Housing: http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/analysis/strength-in-numbers/6529193.article
