Scheme to revamp more than 1,000 homes planned for Pendle (From Lancashire Telegraph)

any chance of where all these houses are ?which towns i bet most are nelson and brierfield thats why he has not said where they are in pendle.

All owned and allowed to fall into ruin by our asian bretheren, so they can be granted as usual - then sold on for a tidy profit !!!!!

Yes to both of the above... Its an organised scandal...

so they can then sell to absent skank landlords so they can let them on to skank tenants,on housing benefits then in no time they go back to the condition they were in before thousands were spent on them.logic from pendle council yet again

As previous posters have stated, once again we have a situation were properties have been allowed to fall in to total disrepair until such times as the money to pay for the repair and refurbishments are paid for from the public purse. Once this as been done the current owners will then let them at exorbitant rents which will probably be paid via housing benefit. What should happen in situations such as this, is the houses should be subject to compulsory purchase orders. The houses then should be renovated by the local authority or housing associations using a mixture of skilled people who pass on their skills to the young unemployed people in the local community in the form of apprenticeships. Such a strategy would then generate income for the community, also reduce the benefits bill and provide a wasted generation with the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to enhance their prospects in life. Once the buildings have been restored they should then be let at reasonable rents and not the excessive rents that private landlords now charge. Instead, we will probably get the short sighted approach, which generally happens and this will result in a few people accruing a massive property portfolio and becoming very wealthy whilst those who have paid for the work receive nothing.

Malthus wrote:
As previous posters have stated, once again we have a situation were properties have been allowed to fall in to total disrepair until such times as the money to pay for the repair and refurbishments are paid for from the public purse. Once this as been done the current owners will then let them at exorbitant rents which will probably be paid via housing benefit. What should happen in situations such as this, is the houses should be subject to compulsory purchase orders. The houses then should be renovated by the local authority or housing associations using a mixture of skilled people who pass on their skills to the young unemployed people in the local community in the form of apprenticeships. Such a strategy would then generate income for the community, also reduce the benefits bill and provide a wasted generation with the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to enhance their prospects in life. Once the buildings have been restored they should then be let at reasonable rents and not the excessive rents that private landlords now charge. Instead, we will probably get the short sighted approach, which generally happens and this will result in a few people accruing a massive property portfolio and becoming very wealthy whilst those who have paid for the work receive nothing.

I couldn't,t have put it better myself! Well said sir !!

Malthus wrote:
As previous posters have stated, once again we have a situation were properties have been allowed to fall in to total disrepair until such times as the money to pay for the repair and refurbishments are paid for from the public purse. Once this as been done the current owners will then let them at exorbitant rents which will probably be paid via housing benefit. What should happen in situations such as this, is the houses should be subject to compulsory purchase orders. The houses then should be renovated by the local authority or housing associations using a mixture of skilled people who pass on their skills to the young unemployed people in the local community in the form of apprenticeships. Such a strategy would then generate income for the community, also reduce the benefits bill and provide a wasted generation with the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to enhance their prospects in life. Once the buildings have been restored they should then be let at reasonable rents and not the excessive rents that private landlords now charge. Instead, we will probably get the short sighted approach, which generally happens and this will result in a few people accruing a massive property portfolio and becoming very wealthy whilst those who have paid for the work receive nothing.

Malthus wrote:
"The houses then should be renovated by the local authority or housing associations using a mixture of skilled people who pass on their skills to the young unemployed people in the local community in the form of apprenticeships. Such a strategy would then generate income for the community, also reduce the benefits bill and provide a wasted generation with the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to enhance their prospects in life." Maybe the houses could be sold by the council at a reduced rate to those young people who helped restore them - this would be a good way for youngsters to get on the housing ladder and remove power from irresponsible landlords who don't care about the houses they own, the tenants that rent them, or the areas their houses are in. Blackburn with Darwen Council should seriously consider doing this with all the empty terraced properties in the Griffin area - they're only empty because of the ill fated pathfinder Housing Market Renewal scheme, and were all occupuied until 18 months ago - they'd make lovely houses and wouldn't be too hard to do up - they'd also make fantastic first homes for young couples.

Malthus wrote:
As previous posters have stated, once again we have a situation were properties have been allowed to fall in to total disrepair until such times as the money to pay for the repair and refurbishments are paid for from the public purse. Once this as been done the current owners will then let them at exorbitant rents which will probably be paid via housing benefit. What should happen in situations such as this, is the houses should be subject to compulsory purchase orders. The houses then should be renovated by the local authority or housing associations using a mixture of skilled people who pass on their skills to the young unemployed people in the local community in the form of apprenticeships. Such a strategy would then generate income for the community, also reduce the benefits bill and provide a wasted generation with the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to enhance their prospects in life. Once the buildings have been restored they should then be let at reasonable rents and not the excessive rents that private landlords now charge. Instead, we will probably get the short sighted approach, which generally happens and this will result in a few people accruing a massive property portfolio and becoming very wealthy whilst those who have paid for the work receive nothing.

Never have truer words been written.
Well said malthus.

make the owners bring them up to scratch at their own cost if they refuse compulsive purchase them thats what happened years ago why should we pay when they buy a house for 10,000 pound you do them up then they have a 60,000 grand house i dont think so i bought a repo and could not get any of the scemes that were on the go i wonder why maybe my english name

Joseph O'M wrote:

Malthus wrote:
As previous posters have stated, once again we have a situation were properties have been allowed to fall in to total disrepair until such times as the money to pay for the repair and refurbishments are paid for from the public purse. Once this as been done the current owners will then let them at exorbitant rents which will probably be paid via housing benefit. What should happen in situations such as this, is the houses should be subject to compulsory purchase orders. The houses then should be renovated by the local authority or housing associations using a mixture of skilled people who pass on their skills to the young unemployed people in the local community in the form of apprenticeships. Such a strategy would then generate income for the community, also reduce the benefits bill and provide a wasted generation with the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to enhance their prospects in life. Once the buildings have been restored they should then be let at reasonable rents and not the excessive rents that private landlords now charge. Instead, we will probably get the short sighted approach, which generally happens and this will result in a few people accruing a massive property portfolio and becoming very wealthy whilst those who have paid for the work receive nothing.

Malthus wrote:
"The houses then should be renovated by the local authority or housing associations using a mixture of skilled people who pass on their skills to the young unemployed people in the local community in the form of apprenticeships. Such a strategy would then generate income for the community, also reduce the benefits bill and provide a wasted generation with the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to enhance their prospects in life." Maybe the houses could be sold by the council at a reduced rate to those young people who helped restore them - this would be a good way for youngsters to get on the housing ladder and remove power from irresponsible landlords who don't care about the houses they own, the tenants that rent them, or the areas their houses are in. Blackburn with Darwen Council should seriously consider doing this with all the empty terraced properties in the Griffin area - they're only empty because of the ill fated pathfinder Housing Market Renewal scheme, and were all occupuied until 18 months ago - they'd make lovely houses and wouldn't be too hard to do up - they'd also make fantastic first homes for young couples.

An excellent point with regards the Griffin area. In fact it was a consequence of me walking through that area which prompted my initial thought's on finding a solution to these doomed, repairable properties.