Massive 'post-war' style housebuilding programme needed to tackle homelessness, Salford mayor says
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSalford’s mayor has called for a massive post-war style housebuilding programme to end homelessness in Greater Manchester. Labour’s Paul Dennett said “another mobilisation of that size” is urgently needed to stop families ending up on the streets due to a lack of homes.
Around a million homes were built in the aftermath of the Second World War, the majority social housing. The boom helped replace properties damaged by bombing, providing accommodation to people who lost their homes during the conflict.
Currently, Greater Manchester is trying to tackle a major homelessness problem, partly driven by the lack of affordable homes.
Thousands around the region are in desperate need of affordable homes, with data from Shelter in December revealing there were 16,500 homeless people at Christmas - half of them children.
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