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about Aksa
Aksa Housing Association is one of the best performing landlords in the North West, and tenant satisfaction is the best in the country.
Aksa registered with the Housing Corporation in 1990. Originally
known as Oldham Muslim Association, the name changed to Aksa following
the merger with Bury-based Dar-ul Aman Housing Association in 1995.
Aksa is a charitable Industrial and Provident Society, set up
to improve access to rented housing, initially to the Asian communities
in Oldham. But it has developed beyond the expectations of those
who started the association, and now owns more than 650 homes in Oldham,
Manchester, Tameside and Bury.
In the past, Aksa used other housing associations as development
partners to help it expand the stock, but more recently has been
able to do this successfully in-house. It is one of only two BME developing
associations in the region.
In November 2005, Aksa was incorporated as part of the New Charter
Housing Trust Group. The alliance strengthens and expands Aksa’s
successful development programme with more resources; with New
Charter increasing its ability to work within the BME communities
and over a wider geographic area.
Entering a group structure with New Charter will have many benefits
for tenants. Indeed, residents of Aksa properties are already
enjoying the fruits of those benefits, with better pricing of maintenance
work and the support of key back-room services such as IT. The move substantially
improves Aksa's ability to meet many new challenges it faces.
Aksa has been careful to embrace the respective strengths of
both Aksa and New Charter in the new partnership. The two brands
will develop side by side for the benefit of Greater Manchester tenants.
Our ability to deliver quality social housing and development
programmes with our partners means Aksa can look to the future
with optimism.
