Rats, rubbish and 'regular' drug-dealing. That's what residents living on an estate just a mile away from Manchester city centre put up with every single day.
Nestled in between Hyde Road and Stockport Road and stretching from Devonshire Street to Kirkmanshulme Lane, there are hundreds of homes on the Coverdale estate in Ardwick.
Most are now owned and managed by One Manchester – but the housing association has been accused of neglecting the estate where the ill-fated concrete fortress dubbed Fort Ardwick once stood.
Tenants complain of 40-minute waits when reporting issues over the phone and with no physical offices left in the area, some say they no longer know who to turn to for help.
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