Seven years after a deal was signed for the Victoria North development in Manchester, the only homes to have been completed are 80 luxury apartments
But the latest figures show just 50,000 homes were completed in the UK in the final quarter of 2023, down 16 per cent in the same quarter of 2022.
FEC appointed Savills Singapore as the sole agent for selling the apartments to investors earlier this year.Council bosses promised that the Victoria North scheme would also revitalise Collyhurst – a deprived neighbourhood which has suffered depopulation and neglect with as many as 500 homes demolished in recent decades.
“I just get up and get on with it,” she said. “But it’s shocking how they think they can just rip something away from you.” “It’s been over a year since they started building , and the first row isn’t even built. The priority is more the homes they want to sell, we feel like second class. The Labour Campaign for Council Housing recently hit out at the decision to stick with the Tory government’s plan to continue increasing social rents above inflation for the next ten years on the basis it will help boost housebuilding.“You cannot have ‘a council housing revolution’ without a big increase in central government grant,” said secretary Martin Wicks.
Councillor Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development, said: “We understand that changes in a local area can be concerning, but we want to reassure all residents in Collyhurst that we have made a commitment to working closely with them around the regeneration proposals and investment for their area. We have been in conversation with local people since last year and this will continue with further consultation events in the autumn.
Meanwhile, there were 7,679 children living in temporary accommodation in Greater Manchester at the end of March this year, a number which is up 19 per cent on last year and the highest since records began in 2004.
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