Hundreds of homeless people in Manchester could be offered their own home thanks to a new £20million scheme to tackle street poverty across the UK.
Housing officials have said the north-west will get a £5million share of the National Homelessness Property Fund to buy and renovate 50 houses, and could secure another 100 properties.
It comes as latest figures show there are more than 80,000 people on social housing waiting lists in the region, with a further 8,000 in temporary and emergency accommodation.
Salford mayor Paul Dennett said that it was a "positive contribution". The Local Democracy Reporter Service said houses and flats will be bought through the scheme and leased to housing associations and homeless charities.
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