Housing Standards
Quay West
Trafford Wharf Road
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1HH
housing.standards@trafford.gov.uk
0161 912 4274
Empty properties
In Trafford there are currently approximately 1,188 homes that have been vacant for more than six months. Find out how to report an empty property or seek assistance if you are an owner.
Accommodation certificates
Find out how we determine a property is 'fit for human habitation' and what action we can take should it not meet our criteria.
Houses in multiple occupation licensing
As of 6 April 2006 all landlords and property managing agents who let large houses in multiple occupation need to apply for a licence.
Houses in multiple occupation safety inspections
We have has a proactive inspection programme of HMOs. If conditions in the properties inspected are not up to standard, the landlord or owner is required to improve them.
Compulsory purchase
Find out more about compulsory purchase and what to do if you have been affected.
Landlord accreditation
Landlord accreditation is recognition to promote good standards and management practice by landlords, and to support landlords and tenants to undertake their respective responsibilities to each other.