Library pictures showing views of crumbling council houses in Leicester. There are currently 11,000 people on the Leicester City Council waiting list for housing. The government wants dilapidated council housing replaced by the private sector and in Leicester this could mean the demolition of all houses on the Saffron Lane and Braunstone estates. Bharat Patel interview with David Middleton, Leicester Housing Committee chairman, who says that they want houses for rent and not commuter belt houses. Vox pops with residents who said they did not want to be moved off the estates.
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