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      • Report a repair
      • Our Repairs Policy
      • Repairs how-to guides
      • Get permission to carry out repairs, alterations, or improvements yourself
      • Our improvement programme
      • Dealing with damp, condensation, and mould
      • Why you should take out home contents insurance
      • Buying your home through Right to Buy or Right to Acquire
    • My tenancy
      • Get support to manage your tenancy
      • Preparing for a Be One Homes tenancy
      • Taking in lodgers
      • Running a business from your home
      • Pets
      • Affordable furniture and flooring for tenants
      • Donating or recycling your furniture
      • Assigning a tenancy to someone else
      • Ending a tenancy
      • Ending a tenancy due to bereavement
      • Succeeding to a tenancy after a bereavement (succession)
      • Tackling tenancy fraud
    • Useful information for new tenants
    • Staying safe at home
      • Safety advice for houses
      • Safety advice for flats
    • Rent and other payments
      • Ways to pay your rent
      • Get support if you’re behind on your rent payments
      • What to do if you’ve overpaid your rent
      • Paying for Be One Homes services (invoices)
      • How to use the AllPay app (for online payments)
      • How we set your rent
      • About your service charges
    • Information for homeowners and leaseholders
      • Leaseholder information for owners of former Be One Homes or council properties
      • Leaseholder information for current commercial unit leaseholders
      • Leaseholder information for current Shared Ownership owners
      • Shared Ownership rent and service charges
      • Fees for leaseholders and Shared Ownership owners
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    • Can you help me to save money on my household bills?
    • What are my rights as a social housing tenant?
    • Who's responsible for bin collections and waste disposals?
    • Get support from your nearest UCAN centre
    • Help with money and debt
      • Top tips for managing your money and setting up a bank account
      • How to access affordable credit and loans
      • How to prevent and deal with debt
      • Get help from our Money Advice Team
    • Help with household bills (gas, electric, and water)
      • Understanding bills and taking meter readings
      • How to save money on your water bills
      • Is a prepayment meter right for me?
      • How to use your heating controls
    • Help with benefits (including Universal Credit)
      • Universal Credit
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      • Council Tax Support
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    • Help into work or training
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      • Work experience opportunities for adults
    • Emergency help with food or fuel
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      • Local Welfare Provision
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      • Our environmental services
      • About your bin collections, waste, and fly-tipping
      • Tackling antisocial behaviour
        • Tell us about antisocial behaviour
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      • How to be a good neighbour
      • Support for neighbours in dispute (mediation)
      • Peer Navigators
      • Bolton Manbassadors – men’s mental health support
    • Support to live independently
      • Careline
      • Home adaptations and equipment to support your independence
      • Bolton Care and Repair Service
    • Help with homelessness
    • Help with safeguarding and domestic abuse
    • Support for Armed Forces Veterans
    • Get support from your nearest UCAN centre
    • Help with money and debt
      • Top tips for managing your money and setting up a bank account
      • How to access affordable credit and loans
      • How to prevent and deal with debt
      • Get help from our Money Advice Team
    • Help with household bills (gas, electric, and water)
      • Understanding bills and taking meter readings
      • How to save money on your water bills
      • Is a prepayment meter right for me?
      • How to use your heating controls
    • Help with benefits (including Universal Credit)
      • Universal Credit
      • Housing Benefit
      • Council Tax Support
      • Pension Credit
    • Help into work or training
      • Working Wardrobe: free interview clothing and advice
      • Work experience opportunities for adults
    • Emergency help with food or fuel
      • Support to access food
      • Local Welfare Provision
    • In your community
      • Find a community centre
      • Working together with our communities
      • Our environmental services
      • About your bin collections, waste, and fly-tipping
      • Tackling antisocial behaviour
        • Tell us about antisocial behaviour
        • Dealing with noise complaints
      • How to be a good neighbour
      • Support for neighbours in dispute (mediation)
      • Peer Navigators
      • Bolton Manbassadors – men’s mental health support
    • Support to live independently
      • Careline
      • Home adaptations and equipment to support your independence
      • Bolton Care and Repair Service
    • Help with homelessness
    • Help with safeguarding and domestic abuse
    • Support for Armed Forces Veterans
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    • What do different housing-related words mean?
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    • How is social housing in the UK allocated?
    • What are you doing with your empty properties?
    • Why do you need to build more new homes? Can I get one?
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    • A to Z of housing terms (Glossary)
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      • See our Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) results
      • See our Annual Complaints and Service Improvement Report
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      • Our cookies notice
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      • Our expenditure reports
      • Our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
      • Procurement
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    • About our new build development programme
    • About our empty homes and the Lettable Standard
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      • How to use the Recite Me toolbar
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    • A to Z of housing terms (Glossary)
    • News
      • Quarter Turn
    • Ways to be involved
      • Our Group Customer Scrutiny Panel
      • Our Youth Scrutiny Panel
      • Resident Voices Channel
      • Resident Building Safety Panel
    • How we’re run
      • Governance and regulation
      • Our policies
      • Meet our management team
      • Our Board
      • Our Customer Experience Committee
      • Our Group Governance and People Committee
      • Our Group Development Committee
      • Our Group Audit and Risk Committee
    • How we’re performing
      • See our Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) results
      • See our Annual Complaints and Service Improvement Report
    • Corporate and legal
      • Our corporate documents
      • Our cookies notice
      • Your information and our Privacy Notice (Data Protection)
      • Our expenditure reports
      • Our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
      • Procurement
      • Insurance
    • How is UK social housing allocated?
    • About our new build development programme
    • About our empty homes and the Lettable Standard
    • Equality and diversity
    • Accessibility
      • How to use the Recite Me toolbar
      • How to translate our website
  • Contact
    Not sure where to look? Tap here to find answers to questions:
    • How do I make a complaint, compliment, or suggestion?
    • What are my rights as a social housing tenant?
    • What does the Social Tenants Access to Information scheme (STAIRs) mean for me?
    • How do I report antisocial behaviour, and what will you do?
    • How do I report a safeguarding concern or get help with domestic abuse?
    • How many complaints have you received in the last year, and what were they about? (our Annual Complaints and Service Improvement Report)
    • How can I pay an invoice from Be One Homes?
    • Complaints, compliments, and suggestions
    • Learn about your rights as a social housing tenant
      • What is the Together with tenants charter?
    • Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs)
    • Your right to information (STAIRs Publication Scheme)
    • Complaints, compliments, and suggestions
    • Learn about your rights as a social housing tenant
      • What is the Together with tenants charter?
    • Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs)
    • Your right to information (STAIRs Publication Scheme)
  • Careers
    • Benefits of working for us
    • Benefits of working for us
  • Look for a home
    Not sure where to look? Tap here to find answers to questions:
    • How do I apply for social housing?
    • How do I swap my home with another social housing resident?
    • What are my options for downsizing?
    • What is Rent to Buy and how does it work?
    • Homes for rent (social housing)
    • Homes for independent living (Sheltered and Independent Living)
    • Homes for sale (Shared Ownership)
    • Rent to Buy homes
    • How to swap your home (mutual exchange)
    • Your downsizing options
    • Help with homelessness
    • Homes for rent (social housing)
    • Homes for independent living (Sheltered and Independent Living)
    • Homes for sale (Shared Ownership)
    • Rent to Buy homes
    • How to swap your home (mutual exchange)
    • Your downsizing options
    • Help with homelessness
  • My home, tenancy, & payments
    Not sure where to look? Tap here to find answers to questions:
    • I'm a new tenant - what do I need to know?
    • How do I report a repair?
    • I'm concerned about damp and mould - how can you help?
    • I'm worried I won't be able to pay my rent or service charges
    • What are service charges and why do I have to pay them?
    • How do I end a tenancy?
    • My home
      • Report a repair
      • Our Repairs Policy
      • Repairs how-to guides
      • Get permission to carry out repairs, alterations, or improvements yourself
      • Our improvement programme
      • Dealing with damp, condensation, and mould
      • Why you should take out home contents insurance
      • Buying your home through Right to Buy or Right to Acquire
    • My tenancy
      • Get support to manage your tenancy
      • Preparing for a Be One Homes tenancy
      • Taking in lodgers
      • Running a business from your home
      • Pets
      • Affordable furniture and flooring for tenants
      • Donating or recycling your furniture
      • Assigning a tenancy to someone else
      • Ending a tenancy
      • Ending a tenancy due to bereavement
      • Succeeding to a tenancy after a bereavement (succession)
      • Tackling tenancy fraud
    • Useful information for new tenants
    • Staying safe at home
      • Safety advice for houses
      • Safety advice for flats
    • Rent and other payments
      • Ways to pay your rent
      • Get support if you’re behind on your rent payments
      • What to do if you’ve overpaid your rent
      • Paying for Be One Homes services (invoices)
      • How to use the AllPay app (for online payments)
      • How we set your rent
      • About your service charges
    • Information for homeowners and leaseholders
      • Leaseholder information for owners of former Be One Homes or council properties
      • Leaseholder information for current commercial unit leaseholders
      • Leaseholder information for current Shared Ownership owners
      • Shared Ownership rent and service charges
      • Fees for leaseholders and Shared Ownership owners
    • My home
      • Report a repair
      • Our Repairs Policy
      • Repairs how-to guides
      • Get permission to carry out repairs, alterations, or improvements yourself
      • Our improvement programme
      • Dealing with damp, condensation, and mould
      • Why you should take out home contents insurance
      • Buying your home through Right to Buy or Right to Acquire
    • My tenancy
      • Get support to manage your tenancy
      • Preparing for a Be One Homes tenancy
      • Taking in lodgers
      • Running a business from your home
      • Pets
      • Affordable furniture and flooring for tenants
      • Donating or recycling your furniture
      • Assigning a tenancy to someone else
      • Ending a tenancy
      • Ending a tenancy due to bereavement
      • Succeeding to a tenancy after a bereavement (succession)
      • Tackling tenancy fraud
    • Useful information for new tenants
    • Staying safe at home
      • Safety advice for houses
      • Safety advice for flats
    • Rent and other payments
      • Ways to pay your rent
      • Get support if you’re behind on your rent payments
      • What to do if you’ve overpaid your rent
      • Paying for Be One Homes services (invoices)
      • How to use the AllPay app (for online payments)
      • How we set your rent
      • About your service charges
    • Information for homeowners and leaseholders
      • Leaseholder information for owners of former Be One Homes or council properties
      • Leaseholder information for current commercial unit leaseholders
      • Leaseholder information for current Shared Ownership owners
      • Shared Ownership rent and service charges
      • Fees for leaseholders and Shared Ownership owners
  • Advice & support
    Not sure where to look? Tap here to find answers to questions:
    • I've got money worries (or know someone who has) - how can you help?
    • How do I report antisocial behaviour - and what will you do?
    • How do I report a safeguarding concern or get help with domestic abuse?
    • Can you help me (or someone I know) into work and/or training?
    • Can you help me to save money on my household bills?
    • What are my rights as a social housing tenant?
    • Who's responsible for bin collections and waste disposals?
    • Get support from your nearest UCAN centre
    • Help with money and debt
      • Top tips for managing your money and setting up a bank account
      • How to access affordable credit and loans
      • How to prevent and deal with debt
      • Get help from our Money Advice Team
    • Help with household bills (gas, electric, and water)
      • Understanding bills and taking meter readings
      • How to save money on your water bills
      • Is a prepayment meter right for me?
      • How to use your heating controls
    • Help with benefits (including Universal Credit)
      • Universal Credit
      • Housing Benefit
      • Council Tax Support
      • Pension Credit
    • Help into work or training
      • Working Wardrobe: free interview clothing and advice
      • Work experience opportunities for adults
    • Emergency help with food or fuel
      • Support to access food
      • Local Welfare Provision
    • In your community
      • Find a community centre
      • Working together with our communities
      • Our environmental services
      • About your bin collections, waste, and fly-tipping
      • Tackling antisocial behaviour
        • Tell us about antisocial behaviour
        • Dealing with noise complaints
      • How to be a good neighbour
      • Support for neighbours in dispute (mediation)
      • Peer Navigators
      • Bolton Manbassadors – men’s mental health support
    • Support to live independently
      • Careline
      • Home adaptations and equipment to support your independence
      • Bolton Care and Repair Service
    • Help with homelessness
    • Help with safeguarding and domestic abuse
    • Support for Armed Forces Veterans
    • Get support from your nearest UCAN centre
    • Help with money and debt
      • Top tips for managing your money and setting up a bank account
      • How to access affordable credit and loans
      • How to prevent and deal with debt
      • Get help from our Money Advice Team
    • Help with household bills (gas, electric, and water)
      • Understanding bills and taking meter readings
      • How to save money on your water bills
      • Is a prepayment meter right for me?
      • How to use your heating controls
    • Help with benefits (including Universal Credit)
      • Universal Credit
      • Housing Benefit
      • Council Tax Support
      • Pension Credit
    • Help into work or training
      • Working Wardrobe: free interview clothing and advice
      • Work experience opportunities for adults
    • Emergency help with food or fuel
      • Support to access food
      • Local Welfare Provision
    • In your community
      • Find a community centre
      • Working together with our communities
      • Our environmental services
      • About your bin collections, waste, and fly-tipping
      • Tackling antisocial behaviour
        • Tell us about antisocial behaviour
        • Dealing with noise complaints
      • How to be a good neighbour
      • Support for neighbours in dispute (mediation)
      • Peer Navigators
      • Bolton Manbassadors – men’s mental health support
    • Support to live independently
      • Careline
      • Home adaptations and equipment to support your independence
      • Bolton Care and Repair Service
    • Help with homelessness
    • Help with safeguarding and domestic abuse
    • Support for Armed Forces Veterans
  • About
    Not sure where to look? Tap here to find answers to questions:
    • What do different housing-related words mean?
    • How can I be involved and have my say?
    • What do you do with my information? (our Privacy Notice)
    • How are you performing against your targets and objectives?
    • How is social housing in the UK allocated?
    • What are you doing with your empty properties?
    • Why do you need to build more new homes? Can I get one?
    • What are your plans for the future, and what do they mean for me? (our Business Plan)
    • A to Z of housing terms (Glossary)
    • News
      • Quarter Turn
    • Ways to be involved
      • Our Group Customer Scrutiny Panel
      • Our Youth Scrutiny Panel
      • Resident Voices Channel
      • Resident Building Safety Panel
    • How we’re run
      • Governance and regulation
      • Our policies
      • Meet our management team
      • Our Board
      • Our Customer Experience Committee
      • Our Group Governance and People Committee
      • Our Group Development Committee
      • Our Group Audit and Risk Committee
    • How we’re performing
      • See our Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) results
      • See our Annual Complaints and Service Improvement Report
    • Corporate and legal
      • Our corporate documents
      • Our cookies notice
      • Your information and our Privacy Notice (Data Protection)
      • Our expenditure reports
      • Our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
      • Procurement
      • Insurance
    • How is UK social housing allocated?
    • About our new build development programme
    • About our empty homes and the Lettable Standard
    • Equality and diversity
    • Accessibility
      • How to use the Recite Me toolbar
      • How to translate our website
    • A to Z of housing terms (Glossary)
    • News
      • Quarter Turn
    • Ways to be involved
      • Our Group Customer Scrutiny Panel
      • Our Youth Scrutiny Panel
      • Resident Voices Channel
      • Resident Building Safety Panel
    • How we’re run
      • Governance and regulation
      • Our policies
      • Meet our management team
      • Our Board
      • Our Customer Experience Committee
      • Our Group Governance and People Committee
      • Our Group Development Committee
      • Our Group Audit and Risk Committee
    • How we’re performing
      • See our Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) results
      • See our Annual Complaints and Service Improvement Report
    • Corporate and legal
      • Our corporate documents
      • Our cookies notice
      • Your information and our Privacy Notice (Data Protection)
      • Our expenditure reports
      • Our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
      • Procurement
      • Insurance
    • How is UK social housing allocated?
    • About our new build development programme
    • About our empty homes and the Lettable Standard
    • Equality and diversity
    • Accessibility
      • How to use the Recite Me toolbar
      • How to translate our website
  • Contact
    Not sure where to look? Tap here to find answers to questions:
    • How do I make a complaint, compliment, or suggestion?
    • What are my rights as a social housing tenant?
    • What does the Social Tenants Access to Information scheme (STAIRs) mean for me?
    • How do I report antisocial behaviour, and what will you do?
    • How do I report a safeguarding concern or get help with domestic abuse?
    • How many complaints have you received in the last year, and what were they about? (our Annual Complaints and Service Improvement Report)
    • How can I pay an invoice from Be One Homes?
    • Complaints, compliments, and suggestions
    • Learn about your rights as a social housing tenant
      • What is the Together with tenants charter?
    • Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs)
    • Your right to information (STAIRs Publication Scheme)
    • Complaints, compliments, and suggestions
    • Learn about your rights as a social housing tenant
      • What is the Together with tenants charter?
    • Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs)
    • Your right to information (STAIRs Publication Scheme)
  • Careers
    • Benefits of working for us
    • Benefits of working for us

Important Safety Update for our High-Rise Residents: New Personal Evacuation Plans for High-Rise Homes

The exterior of our Rogerstead House block of flats in Deane, Bolton.

New national fire safety legislation comes into force this spring, and we’re making some changes to help keep everyone living in our high-rise buildings safe. 

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Happy Easter

A colourful Easter greeting graphic featuring the words “Happy Easter from all of us at Be One Homes.” The word “EASTER” is decorated with chicks, Easter eggs, grass, butterflies, and sparkles. Curved multicoloured ribbon shapes frame the corners, and the Be One Homes logo appears below the message.

We want to wish all our customers who are celebrating a happy Easter.

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We’re excited to confirm that Bolton at Home is now Be One Homes.

From left to right: Shaun Matthews, Vice Chair of Scrutiny Panel, Noel Sharpe, our CEO, Leah Walters, Chair of Scrutiny Panel

Our new name reflects a renewed commitment to delivering better homes, better services and a better everyday experience for the customers and communities we serve. Read on to learn more.

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