Thursday, 30 November 2023

 Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (15:01): (467) My constituency question is for the Minister for Housing, and my question is: what are the future plans for the public housing buildings on Eric Street in West Preston? The site on Eric Street is about 3000 square metres. It has two buildings there that were built in the 1960s. They have 21 dwellings in them each. It is no secret locally that the number of tenants in the buildings has been decreasing steadily in recent years. Many of the dwellings are abandoned. Some of them have been used by squatters recently. Some of them have caught fire and have not been repaired. We doorknocked Eric Street last year. We have been asking for information on behalf of local residents since then. We look forward to working with the minister to ensure the site is put to good use to continue to support the provision of high-quality public housing in Preston.