ForHousing Reviews 

Awful company has turned my life upside down for over a month. Damp was found in my kitchen so various jobs were raised and one of them was the kitchen flooring. Contractors came out ripped my kitchen flooring up took it back to concrete and left. With no return to replace the flooring so many times a job has been booked in just to be cancelled or the contractor to refuse doing the job that they have created. Now I'm living in a house without any flooring to the kitchen it is freezing cold in there I have a little one who has fallen in there hurting his back on the raditor due to no flooring and slipping. No one seems to care to send someone out to complete a job that was meant to be completed over a month ago. Just being lied to every time I call.

Disgraceful Treatment by ForHousing

Absolutely appalling treatment from ForHousing. They refuse to listen to tenants, dismiss reasonable requests and show little interest in finding solutions.

Despite offering to pay for all work myself to provide safe off-road parking and EV charging, my request was refused without any meaningful attempt to reach a compromise.

I exhausted both stages of their complaints procedure and felt completely ignored throughout. Instead of helping, they threatened to install posts or boulders to block access.

I have now escalated the matter to the Housing Ombudsman.

Shocking customer service, terrible complaint handling and a complete lack of respect for tenants.

ForHousing should be ashamed of how they treat people. If I could give zero stars, I would.

The online service is amazing, they
Supported me no end when I lost my dog due to old age. Which they did not have to do. Thankyou for all your support online

Wouldn't even rate Forhousing ⭐️ 1 star

My experience of ForHousing has been extremely disappointing, particularly regarding the protection of victims of serious anti-social behaviour and hate crime.

ForHousing may state that it takes ASB and hate crime seriously, but my experience has shown a significant gap between those statements and what victims can actually experience when they need protection.

When serious ASB and hate crime are reported, victims should not have to repeatedly fight to be heard, chase for answers or feel that closing a case is more important than ensuring they are safe and supported.

I have been particularly concerned by decisions to close cases despite ongoing safeguarding concerns and by the lack of clear explanations about what further enforcement or protective measures have been considered.

Offering mediation does not, in my view, address the underlying issue where victims are frightened and require protection rather than being placed in situations that may increase their anxiety or sense of vulnerability.

Tenants experiencing ASB or hate crime deserve more than policies and statements about “zero tolerance”. They deserve meaningful action, protection and accountability.

I would urge anyone considering ForHousing to look carefully at how it deals with vulnerable tenants who report serious ASB and hate crime.

Were do i start. If I could do 0 I would. Just over 2 months ago scaffolding was put up on my home for a roof leak bare in mind it had already ruined a freshly decorated bedroom. The job didn't get started untill 2 weeks after this was up sky signal was lost due to the idiots putting the scaffolding ontop of the dish. Clearly no common sence embedded in the brain on a job im guessing they have done for a while with experience. So you'd think. A complaint to for housing was made the very same week so again 2 months ago. Still now I am chasing this complaint and chasing forhousing for the scaffolding to come down 2 months after the roof job has been completed. Supervisor doesnt know what day it is and can only supervise his bank account at the end of the month you can only speak to people on the front desk and unfortunately these people get the brunt of everyone's situation while the Supervisor hides behind these people. Still the job has not been completed because I still have scaffolding up!!. We have been patient we have been understanding we have been called liers all the while having proof that we reported the sky loss signal and still waiting to be reimbursed for the bill. Still chasing an absolute shit show of a company!!!! No they don't give a shit. yes they arnt botherd about the customer service they provide to anyone!! They don't know how to run a company and don't have the skills to be able to communicate with people which should be standard practice. Im sure you'll be wanting to reply with were sorry this isnt the level of service we want to provide to our customers! If that's the case eduacate the people that work for the company with a training programme starting with customer care........ im sure it would go along way. Being passed from pilar to post being told an update will be given being told we are liars when all in all the bullshit that falls from the horses mouth is laughable. Again an absolute shit show of a company

we have reported burned light in the bathroom when our lovely neighbours from upstairs flooded us.
we also reported water damage in the kitchen all along the ceiling and wall; nothing has been done, no one have contacted us.
today it's saturday-there is no water all day in the building.
We are taking this matter to the ombudsman now as this company is clearly a scam.

Absolute jokers! They put a scaffold up on our house on 22/04/2026 to address a leaking chimney (which had been reported over 2 months before by the way) since this day we have had no sky tv service due to the scaffolding blocking the signal. Been on the phone day after day several times a day, yet still sat here with no service and these wasters are in absolutely no rush to help get the situation sorted, bearing in mind we have 2 young children sat here too. Paying for service we cant even use and its not like we will get any form of compensation for that either. Staff in the office always have to ring somebody else to get you answers, but cant speak to managers direct as they would rather hide behind the people answering the phones, obviously because of the crap service that is provided. Would never move into one of their properties again once we get out of here, biggest joke of a housing association weve ever had to deal with. Nothing but problems over the years!

Lived with ForHousing for two years. Please don’t be as naive as I was and go with them. They comfortably scam you using a no deposit scheme and they WILL charge you a disgusting amount of money at the end of your tenancy no matter what.

Attempted to extort nearly £800 out of us for fair wear and tear at the end of the tenancy, after leaving us without essential appliances such as a washing machine and fridge for months on end. I am autistic and physically disabled, and I broke my back attempting to clean the entire flat only to be met with a rude and disgusting attitude from Lucy over email who stated that it was left in an ‘unacceptable condition.’ Complete liars, and I’m not sure how Lucy or any of the rest of these bottom of the barrel scammers sleep at night.

Also attempted to charge us for broken Fridge drawers…which were broken when we moved in. And chairs..which were already tatty and disgusting when we moved in. They absolutely use the cheapest possible furniture so they can comfortably do to everybody what they did to us. Save yourself money, read all these reviews (as well as the ForLiving reviews, as it is the same company) and run a mile. Hundreds of 1* reviews cannot be wrong.

On top of everything else, mould was growing up the windows which is a downright health hazard, especially for someone who is immunocompromised like myself. Attempted to charge us for leaving behind a brand new mattress and a brand new microwave, which would quite literally benefit the next tenants. (Tried to claim they would cost hundreds to remove, by the way.) Genuinely not sure how they’re still legally allowed to operate and if I can save even one person from renting with them and getting scammed out of hundreds of pounds as well as being left without appliances for months on end during their tenancy, then I’ll be happy.

Realistically, I should’ve done more research into these lowlives before renting with them, including looking into zero deposit schemes. A large majority of the time agents receive commission from these companies meaning it is in their best interest to charge you at the end regardless of the condition you left the property in or how badly they neglected you throughout the tenancy - they’re always planning to line their own pockets through you.

Lucy and the rest of the ForHousing team responsible for the false and exaggerated charges: I wish nothing but the worst for you for the rest of your lives you disgusting set of vile parasites. I hope somebody eventually does to you what you attempt to pull on the tenants who rent from your association.

Zero stars obviously, why is that not an option? These sociopaths taking me to court for an injunction 🤨 and possession 😅 have it!! Oh my days this tiny disgusting not fit for any human bungalow on Merlin Road, I'd rather live in a flipping cardboard box 🤣 I and ALL these sociopaths tenants ARE VICTIMS. Oh I'm the violent one? Ok then 👌 Forhousing, even that name makes me laugh soooo hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 think about it? Got a 79 year old man with severe COPD living right next to the M62 with no heating 😡 and that man is absolutely amazing and has helped me more than anyone in my entire life. 3 people have died in the 2 and a half years I have lived here, and Cath who was soo lovely, sadly taken but luckily in her sleep 🙏 these ripped everything out and moved in an absolutely annoying thing with a cat that thinks it can go anywhere it wants 😒 and when Barry passed away they move in a thieving foreigner. Moved in a heroine addict into number 10 Plover and she obliterated that place, even robbed the solar panel batteries (😐) Still moved her to Little Hulton. The amount of times i have suffered, tried doing myself in because of the stress of everyone not listening to me. Well, I am making myself a better man, I was always a good man but cross me and you'll wake the beast (that is what these sociopaths did) Give it 4 months and I'm gonna be healthier, stronger and finally getting the testosterone I need. And no, I will not be travelling all the way to Manchester to go in that freezing cold building. Shouldn't of put me in the worst area of Salford, simple. Plus I have alot of things to do to help myself, my mental health and my physical health, you lot do not add onto my list. Suck it 😊 Print this out and show it the judge, I am not scared of you lot or anyone else for that matter. I've already been to Hell so many times, God is on my side now, and 2 solicitors in my corner. I have more people on my side than these sociopaths, including all these sociopaths tenants who know EXACTLY what these evil twisted psychos do. Noone can break me down, try it and you will lose... dramatically 😉 peace ✌️ F you Forhousing (seriously change your flipping name 🙄 wait.... yall won't last long enough anyways soooo...

Typical trust pilot trust know one

When someone asks for help (Ellesmere port) how is it that in that process your willing to dish out permanent written warnings to that same person? No transparency, no accountability just a kangaroo court. Avoid these people is my advice.

This has got to be one of the worse housing associations in Manchester it really has they do not care about there tenants or flats all they care about is getting there rent I've been flooded since 2.30 am explained im holding a roll of 13ft carpet too & there water coming through lights still waiting for someone if I was you don't ever get a flat with this housing association they really really don't care about there tenants still waiting from work to be done from last year too its crazy its like they tell you one thing & never do the job they suppose to just bodge up like cowboys or dont do at all

Dreadful service. Tenants are fobbed off and lied to as a matter of course. We live in cold damp conditions for years and nothing is done. I have now escalated my complaint to a stage 2, contacted my MP and Housing Ombudsman's office.
To get repairs to old leaking windows, 60 year old leaking roofs, entry systems that don't work so we can't have our postal delivery requires at least 12 months of constant complaints and legal action and still the problems are only half addressed.
If you rent from Forhousing, get used to living with black mould, leaking roofs, old single glazed windows that provide no insulation. It one step up from sleeping in a tent
Reply to Forhousing's reply
I have been in contact with you about this problem since March 2025. You have already had plenty of time to address. Why ask me to contact you again

I feel extremely lucky to actually get a home and can’t understand how many people are giving negative feedback when Manchester has the biggest number of homeless people. Love love love having a roof over my head I’m so privileged thank you very much xxxx

IF YOU GET SOLICITORS INVOLVED FOR HOUSING DISREPAIR AND YOU RECEIVE DAMAGES PAYMENT (LESS THAN WHAT FORHOUSING OFFERED IN THE FIRST PLACE) EXPECT A LETTER STATING THEY ARE GOING TO COURT TO SEEK POSSESSION. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE EVIL TWISTED SOCIOPATHS HAVE DONE TO ME. CLAIMING IT IS BECAUSE OF THE THREATS I MADE ON HERE, THE THREATS A VERY LONG TIME AGO, THREATS WHEN I WAS EXTREMELY SUICIDAL, WHEN FIREARMS OFFICERS TURNED UP WHICH I WASN'T CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF AN IMITATION FIREARM, DETECTIVES DIDN'T EVEN WANT ME TO BE CHARGED WITH ANYTHING BECAUSE ONE OF THEM LISTENED TO ALL THE CALLS I MADE TO 101. LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TO DO IT VERY SOON THEN IF THE COUNCIL WON'T GET ME PROPER ACCOMMODATION AS SOON AS. OH YES, AND THE LIE ABOUT MY GERMAN SHEPHERD ATTACKING SOMEONE WHICH GARETH AND WENDY ARE WITNESSES TO THAT SO CALLED INCIDENT, BY THE WAY MY JAKE IS NOT AN AGGRESSIVE DOG, I AM THE AGGRESSIVE ONE. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN MOST PEOPLE TREAT ME LIKE CRAP? SO MUCH DISRESPECT. I AM OLD SCHOOL, RESPECT ME I'LL RESPECT YOU AND SO ON. LEAVE ME IN A DISGUSTING, TINY, FREEZING COLD HELL HOLE BUT MOVE A HEROIN ADDICT ONLY SUFFERING FROM WITHDRAWAL WHO OBLITERATED HER PLACE THAT EVEN STILL TO THIS DAY BOARDED UP WINDOWS. I HAVE SPENT ALOT OF MONEY TO SORT THIS PLACE OUT BECAUSE NOONE ELSE WILL, HAD TO BUY A WAY BETTER TOILET SEAT BECAUSE THE ONE LIBERTY PUT ON WITH THE WRONG ATTACHMENTS WOULD NOT GO BACK ON. THERE WILL BE NOTHING APART FROM THE CHEAP EXTREMELY THIN CARPETS FORHOUSING PUT IN THIS PLACE VERY SOON, EVERYTHING ELSE MINE AND WILL BE GOING TO CHARITY OR GOING IN A BIG MOVING VAN DEPENDING ON WHAT MY ALLOCATED HOUSING OFFICER SAYS NEXT WEEK. TAKE IT, LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THIS, I'M REALLY NOT FUSSED AT ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 😊🤣 OH MY SARCASM 😉 YOU LOT LOVE WINDING UP UNMEDICATED MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, WELL YOU LOT CAN'T WIND ME UP, YOU LOT JUST MAKE ME LAUGH NOW BECAUSE I SEE RIGHT THROUGH YAS. I EVEN SAID IT TO SATCHEL MORAN 2 MONTHS AGO, I'LL BE EXPECTING AN EVICTION NOTICE SOON CZ THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT FORHOUSING ARE LIKE 😂😂 OH I LOVE BEING RIGHT ✅️ EVERYONE WHO IS IN A FORHOUSING PROPERTY STOP PAYING RENT. IF YOUR PROPERTY IS IN DISREPAIR (ABOUT 99% OF FORHOUSING PROPERTIES) WHY SHOULD YOU GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY? WHAT ATE THEY GOING TO DO? EVICT EVERYONE? NO. GO TO THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS, THEY WILL LISTEN. BECEI LOUISE DO NOT BACK DOWN, FIGHT AND KEEP FIGHTING. THIS SO CALLED HOUSING ASSOCIATION NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN, PERMANENTLY. IT WILL IF PEOPLE STICK TOGETHER AND FIGHT. YOU ALL HAVE RIGHTS. GOOD WINS OVER EVIL ✊️

Maria Scott I advise you to stop telling lies to your solicitor wot she read out in court was lies I won't hesitate to point this out to judge next time it happens I'm not calling solicitor a liar she was just passing in lies second hand to a Judge if it happens again I will report solicitor and solicitors firm to the (SRA) for dishonesty and lying

I Received a letter from tenants advice, I'll be arranging an appointment for them to come and assess all the issues I have with the home I live in, the front garden, the back garden, the kitchen, the loft and the brick outside having no mortar in for the safety and well being of myself and my family. I should of been contacted in spring/summer for the brick work to be done, nobody bothered!
I believe there all Health & Safety issues yet you don't so when the home is assessed and they say A,B, and C needs to be rectified then you have to do so. I've been on the phone today and complained again about everything and made the understanding gentleman on the phone aware of my next steps. It's disgusting that your company will do as little as possible for their tenants.... I've never seen a good review on here for yourselves. Your rolling in money with how many properties you own and how little you spend on them in repairs, take my rent before my wages have even gone in to my bank, quick at taking our money but nothing else. Not a single wall is flat in my home unless my partner has plastered it, but I've told him to not do anymore as were just basically doing you a favour, but wont do us any !!!! I dont want a reply saying your sorry and you care bla bla bla like you do to every review you receive because you don't care, jobs would be completed properly if you cared. My drive way is a mess, its never had a pathway you can tell by the gates but you want to come and put one of them in and leave the rest of the front drive all smashed in.... cowboys!!

No response from for housing will be read as its all lies lies lies 100% why I bother with more reviews is beyond me but let's other tenants know thay were all treated like crap doesn't it and not just certain people. I've seen reviews from elderly people left to suffer aswel in bad conditions for years.

Why won't you do a proper job of anything ?

Still not going to get away with what you lot have done. Just over £2000 is still an absolute insult. You lot will be going to court still but I won't be there but a solicitor will still be fighting my corner. This property will not be here for someone else either once I'm done with it after finding my kitten a new home. I'd love to end you sociopaths but I pray someone else will, someone who is just a little mentally more messed up than me. Never mess with the crazy people, the crazy people will mess with you 😊

I have lived in the same property for over 48 years,
and in my time as a tenant, I have never requested any assistance or help from the landlords, apart from any essential repairs that needed to be carried out. However, three weeks ago I contacted Forhousing to explain that my wife, who is 82 years of age, was struggling to get into our bath, and was also struggling to get out. She had recently slipped, and suffered a few bruises and a split lip. In the circumstances, I asked Forhousing if they would consider installing a handle at the side of the bath in order to resolve this problem. I got a very positive response, and I was advised that my request would be dealt with fairly promptly. I recently contacted Forhousing for an update, and I was told that someone would look into the matter! In view of the fact that my wife hasn't been able to use the bath for over three weeks, I terminated the conversation, and subsequently purchased a suitable handrail, and I have arranged for a neighbour to install this item. In the unlikely event that I might get a response to my complaint, it would be purely academic, as the problem has now been resolved in my time, at my expense, and to my complete satisfaction.

My nsme is brenda cherry 3 grovsenor drive walkden m28 3re i am 65 years old i have learning disabiltys snd bad mental hesth iseses i am very very vnurable person forhouseing houseing offiers page brown taryn Ashden and manager jill fenne. Are takeing me to court to get me avited from my flat i have bern lied to had bad time with the nabour upstairss i had a bedroom window smashed 3 years a go him upstairs hsd somethang to do with my bedroom window being smashed he did not do it he got someone else to smash my bed room window he has tsken addvinge of me thr police were called thay came the next dsy knockrd on his door he has a ring door bell he was in he wouid not anwer his frunt door 14 years of hell i have had since being with forhouseing forhouseing homes are full of dsmp and mould they lie to you forhouseing propitys are not wouth the rent moneg