Family in way of £250m regeneration scheme to be 'forced out'
Manchester Evening News|August 15, 2022
COUNCILLORS AGREE COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER BUT DAD SAYS OFFER FOR HOUSE IS TOO LOW
NICK JACKSON
Family in way of £250m regeneration scheme to be 'forced out'

A FAMILY-of-seven's home which is standing in the way of a £250 million regeneration scheme is to be forcibly bought by a council and bulldozed.

Councillors have agreed to go ahead with a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the home in Holcombe Close, Pendleton, Salford.

The terrace houses in the street are boarded up and have been derelict for years, apart from number 14, owned by Demonique Wilson and wife Thabo.

The couple live in the three-bedroom property they bought 14 years ago for £70,000 with their five children. They say Salford council has offered them £95,000 to move out.

But Mr. Wilson argues it would be 'impossible' for him to buy a three-bed property in Salford for that money and the only alternatives presented to the family have been rented accommodation.

"The problem is, I still have a £23,000 mortgage on this house," he said.

This story is from the August 15, 2022 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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