Concern is growing over a 15-year-old boy who is missing from home.
01.07.2023 - 05:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The trauma of being in temporary housing left its mark on Lilly-Rose.
The eight months in which the child and her mum, Sophie Paul, had no home of her own affected her development. She struggled with her speech, and became withdrawn around new faces.
It's a stark illustration of the impact of homelessness on children here in Greater Manchester, where thousands of families are in temporary accommodation.
But Lilly-Rose and Sophie are among the lucky ones. They finally have a new home in an affordable housing scheme at Morris Street, Radcliffe, and it's 'changed everything'.
Sophie says the difference in three-year-old Lilly-Rose, who has some additional needs, has been ‘amazing’.
Speaking at the launch of the Morris Street development, built by social housing provider Irwell Valley Homes, Sophie hailed the positive impact of truly affordable housing and said more such homes should be made available.
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“Since we moved here Lilly-Rose has flourished. She’s come on so much in so many ways, her confidence, her language. Everything is different now; our lives have changed so much," she said.
Sophie and Lilly-Rose moved into one of the affordable rent homes in March, soon after they were completed. The development is made up of 16 two and three-bedroom homes let at 80 per cent of the market rate for the area, as well as a further nine offered through shared ownership.
The new homes, which make up a £4.3m scheme with £1.1m provided by Homes England, were launched by Irwell Valley Homes in their 50th birthday year.
The organisation started out with just nine homes in Salford in May 1973 and now serves more than 20,000 customers
Concern is growing over a 15-year-old boy who is missing from home.
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