There are 50% empty houses in the Rockfield Triangle. Here (just one area), pick a street - any street - and you'll find just as many.
Notice the title - Phasing for Clearance - that was when the government was paying and council could afford new homes (extraordinarily wasteful as it was). Now the plans are about economic refurbishment.:
StanleyParkPhasingPlan by Peter McGurk, on Flickr
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That area is precisely the area that was being redeveloped as part of the regeneration that was planned a a decade ago and would of been regenerated if the Club under Parry hadn't of pissed about so much humming and harring. Once there are plans to demolish houses and regenerate then people are moved out, houses are boarded up and the area goes to rack and ruin. As for the government paying for it wasn't it mostly European objective one funding.
From the Echo.
Liverpool Football Club should not be allowed to build its new £180m stadium on Stanley Park unless the rest of the Anfield Regeneration programme goes ahead, councillors were told yesterday.
The city council's executive board was told by Executive member Cllr Flo Clucas that, if a public funding package was lost, the entire programme to breathe new life into the Anfield area would also collapse.
Cllr Paul Clein told the meeting that he would oppose any bid by the club to build a go-it-alone stadium, irrespective of the public sector works.
The club has until the first two weeks of September to come up with a solution to draw down £18m-worth of funding, including £9m from European Objective 1 funding, which would trigger a further £9.1m from the Northwest Development Agency.
Last night, club chief executive Rick Parry insisted it was still on target to fund the proposed stadium, despite this week losing its "front runner" status for the £9m Objective 1 cash.
Liverpool FC already has planning permission to build its new stadium in the area.
But the scheme is linked to a widescale New Anfield Regeneration plan that will see new and improved homes and leisure facilities for thousands living in the shadow of the club.
Cllr Clucas told the executive board that, if the stadium does not proceed, the regeneration package also falls.
She said talks were planned with the club as well as government officials about the scheme.
"I believe the club has until the first week in September, or the early part of the second week, to come up with funding," she said, adding that any further would mean a schedule for European and regional aid would not be spent to a laid-down timetable.
The stadium itself does not depend on public aid, and will be funded entirely by the club.
The public money is earmarked for infrastructure work around the stadium. Cllr Clein said: "There is a possibility of the stadium going ahead without any public funding. But if the club wants a new stadium it must be part of a full package.
"There is no way we will allow a stadium to be built without all the benefits for the community. If Liverpool FC think they can go ahead without the public projects, they can think again."
Cllr Clucas said the club was signed up to a full regeneration package.
Yesterday, Mr Parry said the decision by Objective 1 managers was not a setback for the club. He said the club would provide assurances being sought by a September deadline.
The decision means the club now has to compete with other projects for financial aid from Brussels.
The money is conditional on it being spent by 2008, otherwise it will be lost. Last night, a spokesman for Liverpool FC said: "We understand the deadlines that lie ahead."
