"Britain's flagship urban renewal scheme will fail unless it wins the support of local communities, admits the Minister responsible, Lord Rooker. Nine Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder initiatives were launched last year, to renew or replace hundreds of thousands of homes in rundown areas of Northern England and the Midlands.
The government is providing £5-6bn over the next 15 years, with the private sector bringing the total to an estimated £20bn. But plans to demolish the first of up to 400,000 homes between now and 2020 have been met with widespread protests by residents."
revdode comments that the Pathfinder initiative "... fails first time buyers, fails communities, fails the environment and fails any reasonable sanity check..."
Some disturbing claims about demolition as the first, not last, resort are reported by Keith Parkins at Indymedia, along with some more useful links.
The government is providing £5-6bn over the next 15 years, with the private sector bringing the total to an estimated £20bn. But plans to demolish the first of up to 400,000 homes between now and 2020 have been met with widespread protests by residents."
Some disturbing claims about demolition as the first, not last, resort are reported by Keith Parkins at Indymedia, along with some more useful links.
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Date: 2005-05-17 10:47 am (UTC)