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Vic Haigh.

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

People probably think Lower Falinge is depressingly grey and characterless; the result of one very popular photo used in the media.

Allow me to demonstrate what Lower Falinge is really like using a small selection of photos.

#ukhousing #socialhousing #MentalHealth

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

@rbhousing haven't fixed this yet.

A manager said they'd taken ownership of it.

Stopped our complaint being answered.

Asked us for dates to inspect it.

We gave dates and he didn't bother to reply to us.

It leaked again yesterday and is leaking again today.

#UKHousing

[Andrew Roche is a Tenant 🐀 @andrewroche]

Our window is still leaking, it has been years now, and @rbhousing won't fix it!

#UKHousing #SocialHousing

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

Will you be paying our heating bills to dry this lot out @rbhousing ?

The 20 year old boiler that you refuse to replace costs a fortune to run!!

#UKHousing #SocialHousing

[Andrew Roche is a Tenant 🐀 @andrewroche]

Our window is still leaking, it has been years now, and @rbhousing won't fix it!

#UKHousing #SocialHousing

[Andrew Roche is a Tenant 🐀 @andrewroche]

Our window is still leaking, it has been years now, and @rbhousing won't fix it!

#UKHousing #SocialHousing

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

@save7sis @TriciaAyrton @lowerfalinge @Slateloose Leave our Common alone RBH!!

[Save College Bank @save7sis]

This natural habitat on Lower Falinge provides wellbeing for wildlife & humans alike
In a few days' time it is scheduled to be mown flat 😢
If it is it will literally harm the lives of residents & destroy a thriving eco system

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

Please just leave the area alone with minimal intervention and management.

This approach would be so much better for the environment, for wildlife, for pollinators, for your costs, and for me.

Sincerely,

V Haigh.

5/5

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

This is a formal complaint to you @rbhousing.

You know how distressing it is to me when you mow Falinge Common outside my home.

I'm autistic and the mowing noise is physically painful to me. The smell of the mowers also makes me feel sick.

#UKHousing
#Autism

1/5

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

You are, in fact, making my home less suitable for me every time you mow the Common area.

There's no reason why this area cannot be left in a rewilded state, and your refusal to do this makes it appear that you are doing it deliberately to cause me disadvantage.

4/5

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

@save7sis @rbhousing People are forging in there too. I've seen people picking wild salad plants to eat and taking cuttings for crafts.

RBH clearly don't want the tenants on Lower Falinge to have any access to nature or available mental health aids.

And it's not like RBH is using it for anything!

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

Very upset once again with @rbhousing.

They plan to mow Falinge Common on 15th Aug after promising they would leave it for the pollinators.

Lots of wildlife uses it when it's in full bloom, and I use it too, to help regulate and manage sensory input levels.

#UKHousing
#Autism

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

Last year I saw 6 different bee species using the flowers on Falinge Common.

I put out a water station to help them - Bees need water too!

This year @rbhousing killed most of those flowers by mowing the Common in May.

This year I've only seen 2 bee species.

😢

[Save College Bank @save7sis]

This grassland on Lower Falinge is trying its hardest to be a wildflower meadow to attract the 🦋🐞🐝
But it keeps getting fully mowed so it's struggling
Please support the ��🐞🦋
#NoMowSummer
@lowerfalinge
@TriciaAyrton

[Save College Bank @save7sis]

This grassland on Lower Falinge is trying its hardest to be a wildflower meadow to attract the 🦋🐞🐝
But it keeps getting fully mowed so it's struggling
Please support the 🐝🐞🦋
#NoMowSummer
@lowerfalinge
@TriciaAyrton

[Ratgirl 🐀 @RatRitz]

Very upset with @rbhousing and their plans to mow Falinge Common again after promising they would leave it or re-wild it for the pollinators.

Lots of wildlife uses it when it's in full bloom, and I use it too, to help regulate and manage sensory input levels.

#UKHousing
#Autism

[Greater Manchester Tenants Union @gmtenantsunion]

TODAY: New play "Block The Block"
by Nathaniel McBride (90mins)
Script in Hand performance sharing at Contact Theatre

There's still space on the 3.30pm showing. Email [email protected] to book.

Director: @joe_gilmour_
Photography: @eveshotton
Sound: @patchesandcream

[Save College Bank @save7sis]

Looking forward to attending this performance this afternoon.

[Greater Manchester Tenants Union @gmtenantsunion]

Block the Block campaigners out in force for the first day of the judicial hearing.
"Homes for the needy, not for the greedy!"
@blocktheblock1

[Greater Manchester Tenants Union @gmtenantsunion]

🏗️ Next week a judge will decide whether the housing department acted illegally to manipulate the system in favour of big developers in Hulme.

📣 4pm TOMORROW join the @blocktheblock1 rally outside the Gamecock, corner of Booth St West & Boundary Lane, Hulme
Bring your banners!