Richard Cooper Street and Phoenix Street, Goole, 6 July 2007Boarded up houses in Richard Cooper Street and Phoenix Street, Goole, Yorkshire on Friday morning, 6th July 2007. Ignoring local objections, a shortage of affordable housing, and proposals for renovation, these 117 viable houses are being bought up by the East Yorkshire local authority, boarded up, and left to rot. It seems likely the houses will eventually be replaced by fewer, more expensive new houses, but proposals are vague because no compulsory purchase order has been issued. Instead the remaining residents endure dreadful conditions as their numbers dwindle through attrition. This is the "Pathfinder Scheme" in action (see http://www.goole-action-group.org.uk/). This video has also been loaded on to the facebook web site by "Goole Book". code pour embarquer la vidéo : >>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/t9MixU3bjJQ <<< |