Middleton Tenants Union: Local renters standing together to fight disrepair and demand safe homes.
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Social homes being auctioned off in Rochdale! 20,000 people are on housing waiting list and families are told there are “no properties available”. This is a housing crisis. Homes should house people, not be auctioned off #SaveSocialHousing #Rochdale #HousingCrisis
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🚨 Borrowdale Rd, Langley 🚨
@RiversideUK told Rochdale Online they were “continuing to liaise directly” yet tenants are STILL waiting for answers on 156% service charge increas
No breakdown. No invoices. No transparency.
📢 Article below.
rochdaletimes.co.uk/tenants-…
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🚨 UPDATE – SERVICE CHARGES (LANGLEY, MIDDLETON) 🚨
Service Charge up 156% - still no answers from @RiversideUK
Deadlines missed, increase starts May.
No breakdown, no invoices.
Raised with Elsie Blundell
We're demanding answers & a hold.
#tenantsrights #endservicecharge
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🚨 LANGLEY – SERVICE CHARGE INCREASE 🚨
We are raising serious concerns about a huge increase by @RiversideUK in service charges for residents on Langley.
The weekly charge has gone from £12.18 to £31.13 an increase of around 156% 🤯
#Langley #Middleton #Rochdale #Housing
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📢 Branch Meeting – 31 March
🕚 11:00am
📍 Lighthouse Project Middleton
All welcome — whether you’re a private or social housing tenant.
If you’re living in disrepair or facing eviction, come along and get support.
You’re not alone. Come join us.
@gmtenantsunion
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Middleton Tenants retweeted
Councillors in Middleton have raised concerns after social homes in Langley were put up for private sale and are calling on Riverside Housing to provide details and re engage with the council rochvalleyradio.com/news/loc…
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Huge thanks to @CllrMeredith and others for standing up and raising concerns about the sale of social homes in Langley. Residents are watching and it matters
We’ll keep campaigning for transparency and to protect 2–3 bed family homes in a borough where ~20,000 are waiting
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Langley deserves community not corporate. 🏠
#SaveLangleyHomes #CommunityNotCorporate #HomesBeforeProfit
@AndyBurnhamGM @elsieblundell
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Riverside say the Langley homes were too costly to repair and funds will be reinvested.
But most were 2–3 bed family homes, in a borough where ~20,000 people are waiting for social housing.
Residents say elderly tenants asked for repairs for years.
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Cllr Daniel Meredith says there was no proper collaboration with the council before auction.
In a housing crisis, this isn’t good enough. The community deserves answers🏠 @AndyBurnhamGM @elsieblundell
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@RiversideUK selling social homes in Langley/Middleton while Rochdale has 20,000 people waiting for housing At the same time, record numbers of children are homeless in Greater Manchester. This is a crisis.
@AndyBurnhamGM @elsieblundell
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🚨 Today 6 social homes in Langley/Middleton are being auctioned while ~20,000 people in Rochdale are waiting for housing. These are homes our community needs. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.
🏠 Homes should house people — not be auctioned off.
#SaveSocialHousing #Middleton
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🚨 Todays protest, we’ve found 2 more social homes in Langley Middleton going to auction. We asked the housing manager why she refused to speak.
Why are social homes being sold in a housing crisis?
🏠 Homes should house people. #SaveSocialHousing @elsieblundell @AndyBurnhamGM
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🚨PROTEST TOMORROW – 09:30
Riverside, Lakeland Court, Middleton
4 social homes are being auctioned while ~20,000 people in Rochdale are waiting for a home
🏠 Homes should house people, not be sold off.
✊ Come and stand with us.
#SaveSocialHousing #Rochdale #Middleton
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Social homes being auctioned off in Rochdale! 20,000 people are on housing waiting list and families are told there are “no properties available”. This is a housing crisis. Homes should house people, not be auctioned off #SaveSocialHousing #Rochdale #HousingCrisis
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10 Jul 2025
🚨 Living with disrepair, overcrowding or rent hikes?
You’re not alone and there’s help available. Come to our next branch meeting
📅 Tues 15 July
🕚 11am
📍 ArtHouse, Middleton (next to Costa)
DM/text/call/email for support
#Middleton #HousingCrisis #RentersRights #Community
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25 Jun 2025
Tenants left in unsafe, unliveable homes - yet Riverside continue to ignore us as a union;
Read the full story;
hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit…
#betterhousing #RiversideHousing #HousingCrisis #TenantJustice #YouCantIgnoreUs
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Middleton Tenants retweeted
24 Jun 2025
@gmtenantsunion are holding a protest in #Manchester.
A medical report is slamming social housing in #Middleton - claiming mould, vermin & asbestos are making children seriously ill.
Middleton Tenants Union say Riverside Housing Group are deflecting complaints to the ombudsman.
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