Manchester Salford Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder (MSP)

MSP operates as an informal unincorporated partnership between Manchester City Council and Salford City Council.

MSP's Partnership Body – equivalent to a board of directors – is independently chaired by Professor Michael Harloe, Vice-Chancellor of Salford University. It includes representatives from the private sector, key public sector agencies and elected members of the two councils. The Partnership Body's role is:

To provide strategic direction for MSP
To scrutinise, challenge and make decisions on funding in relation to the plans and investment proposals of the two local authorities that seek to deliver change in the Pathfinder area
To hold delivery agents to account in implementing investment on the ground
To provide advice and support based on the expertise and knowledge of Partnership Body members.

Partnership Body Non-Voting Members

Gail Porter, Government Office North West.
Representative from the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Partnership Body Voting Members

Chair: Professor Michael Harloe, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford.
Vice-Chair: Bryce Glover, Alliance and Leicester plc.
John Early.
Alan Cherry, CBE, Countryside Properties.
George Mills, MBLA Architects.
Derek Nesbitt, DTZ.
Councillor Eddy Newman, Executive Member for Neighbourhood Services, Manchester City Council.
Councillor Peter Connor, Lead Member for Housing, Salford City Council.
Dave Harrison, North West Development Agency.
David Chilton, English Partnerships.
Diane Walton, The Housing Corporation.

MSP's Integrated Secretariat carries out the day-to-day management and co-ordination of the HMR programme on behalf of the Partnership Body. A Core Management Team of MSP's director and senior officers from Manchester and Salford City Councils provides advice on strategic issues.

Area-based teams in north, east and south Manchester and central Salford are responsible for the implementation and delivery of the Housing Market Renewal programme.