Social homes being auctioned off in Rochdale! 20,000 people are on housing waiting list and families are told there are “no properties available”. This is a housing crisis. Homes should house people, not be auctioned off #SaveSocialHousing#Rochdale#HousingCrisis
🚨 Borrowdale Rd, Langley 🚨
@RiversideUK told Rochdale Online they were “continuing to liaise directly” yet tenants are STILL waiting for answers on 156% service charge increas
No breakdown. No invoices. No transparency.
📢 Article below.
https://t.co/3pStGl2BuC
🚨 UPDATE – SERVICE CHARGES (LANGLEY, MIDDLETON) 🚨
Service Charge up 156% - still no answers from @RiversideUK
Deadlines missed, increase starts May.
No breakdown, no invoices.
Raised with Elsie Blundell
We're demanding answers & a hold.
#tenantsrights#endservicecharge
🚨 LANGLEY – SERVICE CHARGE INCREASE 🚨
We are raising serious concerns about a huge increase by @RiversideUK in service charges for residents on Langley.
The weekly charge has gone from £12.18 to £31.13 an increase of around 156% 🤯
#Langley#Middleton#Rochdale#Housing
📢 Branch Meeting – 31 March
🕚 11:00am
📍 Lighthouse Project Middleton
All welcome — whether you’re a private or social housing tenant.
If you’re living in disrepair or facing eviction, come along and get support.
You’re not alone. Come join us.
@gmtenantsunion
Councillors in Middleton have raised concerns after social homes in Langley were put up for private sale and are calling on Riverside Housing to provide details and re engage with the council https://t.co/SmxYDgtWFW
Huge thanks to @CllrMeredith and others for standing up and raising concerns about the sale of social homes in Langley. Residents are watching and it matters
We’ll keep campaigning for transparency and to protect 2–3 bed family homes in a borough where ~20,000 are waiting
Cllr Daniel Meredith says there was no proper collaboration with the council before auction.
In a housing crisis, this isn’t good enough. The community deserves answers🏠 @AndyBurnhamGM@elsieblundell
Riverside say the Langley homes were too costly to repair and funds will be reinvested.
But most were 2–3 bed family homes, in a borough where ~20,000 people are waiting for social housing.
Residents say elderly tenants asked for repairs for years.
@RiversideUK selling social homes in Langley/Middleton while Rochdale has 20,000 people waiting for housing At the same time, record numbers of children are homeless in Greater Manchester. This is a crisis.
@AndyBurnhamGM@elsieblundell
🚨 Today 6 social homes in Langley/Middleton are being auctioned while ~20,000 people in Rochdale are waiting for housing. These are homes our community needs. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.
🏠 Homes should house people — not be auctioned off.
#SaveSocialHousing#Middleton
@AndyBurnhamGM@ElsieBlundell 6 social homes by Riverside in Langley/Middleton being auctioned~20,000 people in Rochdale are waiting for housing and families are told there are “no properties available”. Please step in🏠 Homes should house people. #SaveSocialHousing#Middleton
🚨 Todays protest, we’ve found 2 more social homes in Langley Middleton going to auction. We asked the housing manager why she refused to speak.
Why are social homes being sold in a housing crisis?
🏠 Homes should house people. #SaveSocialHousing@elsieblundell@AndyBurnhamGM
🚨PROTEST TOMORROW – 09:30
Riverside, Lakeland Court, Middleton
4 social homes are being auctioned while ~20,000 people in Rochdale are waiting for a home
🏠 Homes should house people, not be sold off.
✊ Come and stand with us.
#SaveSocialHousing#Rochdale#Middleton
Social homes being auctioned off in Rochdale! 20,000 people are on housing waiting list and families are told there are “no properties available”. This is a housing crisis. Homes should house people, not be auctioned off #SaveSocialHousing#Rochdale#HousingCrisis