"It's a den of iniquity, but I'm powerless": Sex work, drug dealing and dog attacks terrorise leafy suburb
06.09.2023 - 06:07
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The boss of a housing trust for vulnerable people says she is powerless to prevent 'rogue occupants' of a 10-flat ‘den of iniquity’ from making life hell for neighbouring residents.
Sensory Housing Trust specialises in accommodating people exiting homelessness, dealing with abusive family circumstances and struggling with mental health problems.
But its director Susan Kaur says that despite her ‘best efforts’ she has been unable to tackle the issues facing people living in Glendale Road in the leafy Ellesmere Park area of Eccles.
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Neighbouring residents say they are at their ‘wit’s end’ over the problems they claim are caused by tenants at the house of multiple occupation (HMO).
Complaints include sex work, drug dealing, fighting, verbal abuse and intimidation, dog attacks, cannabis use, filth strewn around the property, including human waste, homeless people living in derelict garages, knife crime, and loud music being played through the night into the small hours of the morning.
Neighbours - and one resident living in the HMO itself - told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) of multiple visits to the property by police, often at night.
Ms Kaur, who is also a psychotherapist, said: “The system [of housing vulnerable people in communities] is totally broken.
“I didn’t realise when I got into the business of housing these people how bad the legal system is. I have been powerless to prevent this from happening and have had little to no help from the other agencies involved, including the police and the [Salford] council.”
Ms Kaur said that eight of the tenants in the large Victorian property have been housed at the request of