Lisa Kudrow is forever grateful for her friendship with Matthew Perry.
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A housing emergency has been declared in Rochdale after it was revealed that there are nearly 10,000 rehousing applications in the borough with people having to wait up to five years for a home.
The issue has reached breaking point and is having an immediate impact on everyone from "young families seeking homes to elderly residents waiting for bungalows", according to a motion submitted to the council.
Rochdale Labour Group, which runs Rochdale Borough Council, is now looking at ways to improve the situation for struggling residents.
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It is planning to access more family accommodation for residents and limit the use of bed and breakfasts to house people. It also wants to increase the speed of development of affordable housing on unused land, and look at owning its own housing stock again in future.
The motion was passed at a full council meeting on Wednesday, October 18, moving the council's chief executive to write to housing minister calling for housing to be given greater priority from the government.
Rochdale Conservatives shared concerns that the plans could be used to build on more green belt land.
Councillor John Taylor, leader of Rochdale Conservatives, told the MEN: "The housing motion may be well intended but when you look at the national Labour Party it is quite clear that one of the things they wish to achieve is the removal of the right to buy.
"The motion itself was very vague and it could also mean a change to the council's policy of building on the green belt. I was not given assurances about those which is why we abstained.
"What we should be doing is building houses for local people on brownfield
Lisa Kudrow is forever grateful for her friendship with Matthew Perry.
Lisa Kudrow posted a poignant tribute to Matthew Perry today, thanking her late Friends costar for a litany of memories and shared moments.
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