Before newly-independent housing association Salix Homes got involved, other contenders had been put off by the scale of demolition needed at a major estate renovation in Salford. Terry McBride of Salix explains to Jack Wooler how they achieved vital community buy-in in their first new build. The Poets Estate in Swinton, Salford, was in desperate need of regeneration – historic mining in the area had led to severe structural defects and subsidence in many properties...
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