"Hundreds of families in one of England's poorest neighbourhoods will be evicted under a 90m plan described by critics as a mass dispersion of vulnerable people. Four hundred homes in Blackpool will be bulldozed this summer and replaced with 230 new properties under levelling up proposals signed off by Rishi Sunak's government. The area has more than 800 people about 250 of them children who are in the poorest 10th of the population of England, according to official documents."
"Blackpool council insists the project is a vital part of the systematic and wholesale regeneration of the town. Lynn Williams, the local authority's leader, said: I can't comprehend how any community leader can say regenerating one of the most deprived areas of the country is a bad thing. Residents have raised concerns that the demolitions will worsen the seaside town's housing crisis by significantly reducing the number of affordable properties."
A £90m levelling-up scheme will demolish 400 homes in Blackpool's Rydal Avenue area and replace them with 230 new properties, displacing more than 800 residents, about 250 children, many in the poorest tenth nationally. Local leaders and residents describe shock, anger and the risk of homelessness, calling the plan a mass dispersion of vulnerable people. The council frames the project as essential wholesale regeneration, while opponents warn it will exacerbate a severe affordable housing shortage in Blackpool, which has one of the lowest social housing levels and nearly 12,000 households on the waiting list.
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