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Originally Posted by park381
It's all down to Central Gov, they determine what the grants are to be used for, and in this case its demolish and rebuild, if they decided the grants were for the refurbishment of property then thats what it would be.
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All schemes are locally decided and propositions put together for the ELEVATE board. It presents these to local govt. Differences exist across East Lancs. Blackburn are using loan equity on top of CPO monies residents recieve. Hyndburn is usuing 100% relocation grants up to £30k on top of CPO value [independent market value]. Blackburn are using Housing Act CPO's and Hyndburn is using Town and Country Planning Act CPOs. The pathfinder title as implied is the Govt telling local authorities to find the best path. All demolition refurbishment in Hyndburn is organised through HBCs strategic housing manager and his team in consultation with other agencies and residents.
To the person who said we need affordable housing on Project Phoenix not expensive middle class houses. The bulk of housing is built by Space New Living, an affordable housing association and bungalows make up many of the houses as they are in shortest supply in the borough. A large health centre will also occupy the site as some open public green space.