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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lisa Rand

Delays and 'no luxury' for council's housing company

The cabinet member responsible for Sefton Council’s housing company has taken issue with it being described as “luxury.”

Discussing an update report about the company, Sandway homes, which was set up in 2018 and has been building homes in areas like Ainsdale and Crossens for sale mainly at market value, Cllr Trish Hardy said it had been “targeted with the title of luxury.”

The cabinet member for housing and regeneration told a meeting of Sefton Council’s cabinet this morning that it was something she “feels very strongly” about as the properties built “meet the standards of a local authority” but are “not mansions for executive people.”

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