The Alternatives: how a Liverpool suburb upended its housing market – podcast

Aditya Chakrabortty hears from Hazel Tilley, a long-time resident of the Liverpool neighbourhood of Granby and now chair of its community land trust. She explains how after decades of neglect from local government, the area took matters into its own hands to provide affordable housing

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In this episode Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to Hazel Tilley, the chair of the Granby community land trust, about how her Liverpool neighbourhood took on the local council and, with the help of an enterprising young architecture firm and a social investor, transformed their local housing market. They bought homes for 1 each and redeveloped them for sale, below market price, to people with a connection to the community.