Comments on: Council failing to deliver affordable housing http://manchestermule.com/article/council-failing-to-deliver-affordable-housing News with a Kick Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The cuts and the North West: provisional implications  —   MULE http://manchestermule.com/article/council-failing-to-deliver-affordable-housing/comment-page-1#comment-3305 The cuts and the North West: provisional implications  —   MULE Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:07:42 +0000 http://manchestermule.com/?p=2904#comment-3305 [...] for one in five households, is a particularly big problem here in Manchester. Catastrophic shortages of affordable accommodation are set to get much worse. The national housing budget has been slashed by 60 per cent. Funding for [...] [...] for one in five households, is a particularly big problem here in Manchester. Catastrophic shortages of affordable accommodation are set to get much worse. The national housing budget has been slashed by 60 per cent. Funding for [...]

]]> By: Patrick Sudlow http://manchestermule.com/article/council-failing-to-deliver-affordable-housing/comment-page-1#comment-1557 Patrick Sudlow Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:57:24 +0000 http://manchestermule.com/?p=2904#comment-1557 The price being paid for these new homes in Blackley seems excessive. It seems to reflect the market value if the completed property were to be sold on the open market. This again shows that the council are happy to throw money at developers without any consideration for real value for money. The price being paid for these new homes in Blackley seems excessive. It seems to reflect the market value if the completed property were to be sold on the open market. This again shows that the council are happy to throw money at developers without any consideration for real value for money.

]]> By: andyl http://manchestermule.com/article/council-failing-to-deliver-affordable-housing/comment-page-1#comment-1546 andyl Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:45:23 +0000 http://manchestermule.com/?p=2904#comment-1546 There were also over 13,000 empty properties in Manchester in 2008, more than 2,500 owned by the Council and housing associations (http://www.emptyhomes.com/usefulresources/stats/nw08.htm). The rest are privately owned. There was a story about six months back in the MEN that in the city centre developers were turning their unsold/unrented places into hotel apartments instead to rake in some pretty hefty profits. There were also over 13,000 empty properties in Manchester in 2008, more than 2,500 owned by the Council and housing associations (http://www.emptyhomes.com/usefulresources/stats/nw08.htm). The rest are privately owned.

There was a story about six months back in the MEN that in the city centre developers were turning their unsold/unrented places into hotel apartments instead to rake in some pretty hefty profits.

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