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there was a meeting or open day call it what you will on thurs at the building corner of college st,the lady i mentioned was there,there are 2 options she was told but both would happen in next 5 years,both included her house.my missus was told to e-mail HBC bout 3 weeks ago by a gent at a prior meeting,she was told the information will be sent right away if she did this STILL WAITING for it.

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The problem seems to be "unofficial landlords" (somebody just buys an extra house and then rents it out to whoever) who don't give a hoot about maintaining property. The house next to me has been owned by various different "landlords" and rented out to various different tennants some of whom have looked after it and some of whom have trashed it. At one stage the back wall was falling down and a real danger to anyone passing but the owner didn't want to do anything about it. There develops a sort of apathy where the landlord doesn't want to do anything because the tennants won't care for the property and the tennants won't care for the property because the landlords won't do repairs.

It should be possible for the council to force them to do the necessary repairs and to have the ability to evict the tennants who don't look after it.

Or maybe all rented property needs to be "vetted" and all landlords have to be licenced or something. It only takes one "dump" to start the ball rolling and before you know it whole areas have gone downhill.

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HBC do run a scheme for vetting private landlords but it's voluntary they need to come forward and register
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/Your_Co...pages/hals.asp
Perhaps would be a lot better if HBC could enforce the scheme to ensure all private landlords were registered, but that could be in the future from reading the information.

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Well they are getting on with it i took these pics of what used to be PEARL st last night on the way to the stag ...

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Sorry to dissapoint you Mick...but that COULD be just fly-tipping from the travellers..:D :rofl38: (only joking, honest gov)

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I would agree with you Busman but they were moved on about 3 weeks ago

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Had to post this. Anyone watch the Trevor McDonald programme to-night straight after Cori st. The task to refurbish a terraced house in Liverpool on a budget of £18,000 which was the cost of demolishing it later in the year. The results of the refurbishment carried out in 4 weeks was stunning to say the least, the project went a little over budget and finished at £24,3++. I think the whole programme should be burnt to CD and copies sent to all councils that are planning to demolish terraced houses, saying "think again before you act" The show presenter visited the housing minister with photos of the refurbished property, the reply was oh we have asked local authorities to look at refurbishment before demolishing property.

Don't think HBC have been informed of that fact.

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Sadly even if HBC had been informed of it they would have a] ignored the info b]not understood it or c] carried on regardless. We are dealing with a different species here and they do not understand reason,logic,common sense or economy!

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watched the same prog as park and agree entirely,by the way we are STILL WAITING for the(SENT RIGHT AWAY INFO).

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Price rises reflect all house types, however some house types have risen little and no matter how much they go up they are low demand. There are 33,000 households and 35,000 houses. The last survey had 1900 empties. In theory prices should go down but the housing market is linked to other markets, particularly the stock market, most acutely through the buy to let market.

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Hi Mani. Yes lower the cost of housing in the south because price rises have priced so many out of a home. In Hyndburn there are 33,000 households and 35,000 properties. Of that 60% are terraced and demand at the bottom end exists most of the 2000 empties. A hundred or so are Council Houses but all other types are in greater demand than supply, so the market is skewed. It is anticipated that ELEVATE will take out several thousand terraced houses and replace them with in demand housing to lower the costs of those, primarlily semis and bungalows. There is also a major affordable housing issue.

2 into 1s have not happened yet. There are all sorts of regen ideas that will be used but not as yet. Project Phoenix is the only demolition occuring at the moment. Displaced residents are in a good position as they are receiving their house price plus a sizeable relocation grant. The scheme is 15 years.

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Those figures are wholly innacurate in all the cases I am aware of. Whilst it is suggested no one should be forced out people are in fact better off with whats on offer to move. Unfortunately poor housing has to be cleared in most cases. Options should as refurb are lalways looked.

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Most people are walking away with £50-£60k for a £20k house.

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West Accrington Residents Association would have you strung from the nearest land post for suggesting that Lonsdale Street ++ should stay up. They have worked for 10 years to have it flattened. Concerns over developers always exist. Supposedly CABE are now involved at the behest of the ODPM to make sure Councils dont return to 60's and 70's developments. Average refurbs are £30k-£40k done properly to last 30 years as is usually the aim. And the houses aren't wanted so refurbs are questionable in these circumstances.