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Council pays £450k for house it wants to demolish
03/10/2007
Manchester City Council has bought a house for £450,000 so it can be knocked down to make room for new residential properties.
The house in Openshaw was bought from an investor as part of a scheme to replace old houses with new developments.
But local residents said it would have cost less than £100,000 to refurbish the Victorian house, which is currently split into eight bedsits.
Openshaw Residents' Association spokesperson Karen Abbad said the move was a waste of public money.
"The council are paying £450,000 for a house that could be converted [...] for a lot less," she remarked.
Manchester council defended its decision and said paying nearly half a million pounds was the right course of action to take.
Under the Pathfinder scheme, councils in Manchester, Oldham, Salford and Rochdale receive government money for the renewal of neglected communities.
According to the government, less than one per cent of homes in Pathfinder areas have been demolished.
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