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27/03/2015
More Empty Properties In Liverpool To Be Brought Back Into Use
Liverpool's Homes for a Pound scheme is to expand and a further 150 empty properties are to be brought back into use, according to the Liverpool Express.
It follows the success of a pilot initiative, involving properties around Granby Four Streets and Arnside Road. They are being brought back into use by people who live or work in Liverpool that have bought them for £1 on condition that they bring them up to decent homes standard and do not sell them for five years.
The city council will carry out remedial works on the properties that are in a particularly poor condition to make sure that they are viable for people to work on, and will also look at introducing a financial assistance scheme for those who do not have the money to hand to carry out the refurbishments.
In addition, the council is to also explore offering a number of vacant shop units that it owns along Smithdown Road as part of a Shops for a Pound scheme which would see them sold or leased to businesses who can invest in them and bring them back into use.
The homes that will be targeted as part of the scheme are located in and around Britannia Avenue, Altcar Avenue, Childwall Avenue, Dorset Avenue, Bird Street, Richardson Street, Garrick Street, Tunstall Street and Webster Road.
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It follows the success of a pilot initiative, involving properties around Granby Four Streets and Arnside Road. They are being brought back into use by people who live or work in Liverpool that have bought them for £1 on condition that they bring them up to decent homes standard and do not sell them for five years.
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The city council will carry out remedial works on the properties that are in a particularly poor condition to make sure that they are viable for people to work on, and will also look at introducing a financial assistance scheme for those who do not have the money to hand to carry out the refurbishments.
In addition, the council is to also explore offering a number of vacant shop units that it owns along Smithdown Road as part of a Shops for a Pound scheme which would see them sold or leased to businesses who can invest in them and bring them back into use.
The homes that will be targeted as part of the scheme are located in and around Britannia Avenue, Altcar Avenue, Childwall Avenue, Dorset Avenue, Bird Street, Richardson Street, Garrick Street, Tunstall Street and Webster Road.
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