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- ↑ "Morning Briefing: DWP 'push' to help homeless people claim Universal Credit". Inside Housing. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ↑ "Trafford Housing Trust secures £275m refinancing". NorthWest Place. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ↑ "Galliford Try and Trafford Housing Trust form £100m JV". PlaceNorthWest. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ↑ Place North West, https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/lq-completes-trafford-housing-trust-takeover/
- ↑ "Inside Housing Development Awards 2018 - why they won". Inside Housing. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ↑ "People sleeping rough in Trafford are now guaranteed a bed this winter". Altrincham Today. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.