Three Greater Manchester MPs and Salford mayor Paul Dennett have urged social housing bosses to take urgent action over the "life-threatening squalor" some tenants are living in. This follows the revelation that an entire row of terraced houses owned by housing association Salix Homes is teeming with rats and mice.
A letter to the chief executives of Salix, Irwell Valley Homes, Great Places, Pendleton Together, For Housing, Mosscare St Vincent's and Onward Homes has been signed by MPs Rebecca Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles), Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) and Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) as well as Mr Dennett.
Their action has been prompted by a group of residents in Rake Lane, Swinton who say they have been traumatised by rats, mice and flies for months. There are also issues of black mould in the homes. The residents say they approached Ms Long-Bailey and the Local Democracy Reporting Service in "desperation" when attempts to get the infestations dealt with failed.
