Liberals write to Manchester Evening News over Housing Associations blighting comunities

Cllr Steve Radford
Northwest Liberal Party
41 Sutton Street
Tuebrook
 Liverpool
L13 7EG

Tel 0151 259 5935
07920090322 Mobile

TO POSTBAG
 Manchester Evening News

Dear Editor.

Further to your feature  "blight on our streets" (Men 21st July) where you expose the problem of Housing Associations leaving long term vacant properties which blight communities

We also have had this problem in Liverpool

In the case of the vacant property or properties being  owned by the local council ,then residents can write to the Secretary of State for Local Government who can in turn issue the council with what is known as a "prod notice"

However this remedy is not available when the vacants are owned by Housing Associations.

Having had the same problem in the Liverpool communities of Tuebrook, Newsham Park and Stoneycroft we have written to the Directors of the appropriate Housing Associations challenging their neglect

If this does not succeed then as at last resort residents  should write to the Housing Corporation
who finances and regulates Housing Associations.

Gladly often press coverage, such as given by the Manchester Evening news of recent, will often kick start the Housing Associations to act

Yours

Cllr Steve Radford
Northwest Liberal Party