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.
I think for housing to continue growing successfully, it has to be led by our towns, it has to be led by our first selectmen, it has to be led by our mayors, Lamont said at a news conference. I just don't think it works if it's us against them. After months of negotiations, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and Council of Small Towns backed the new bill alongside the governor.