Anne Tucker and Jackie Hynes want to encourage families to move to their street.
Residents on a street in the popular student area of Fallowfield in Manchester have launched a poster campaign to dissuade landlords from buying in their street.
Anne Tucker and Jackie Hynes of St Ives Road have put up posters to put off investors viewing an empty property in the street. As the only long term residents of the street they hope that a family will buy the house and help bring the street back to life.
23 of the 32 houses on the street are owned by landlords.
Anne explained the campaign; “We’re not anti-students or anti-landlords, but this campaign is about getting a balance for the street.
“It’s deserted for three months of the year when students leave and we need long-term residents who will help with things like the bins and the back alley, where we have created a garden area.
“We’re desperate for a family to buy this house – it would be lovely to see children playing out in summer and would bring our street back to life.”
The posters read ‘Landlords: show you care and buy elsewhere’ and ‘Your livelihood, our neighbourhood’.
Jackie says its not just the families on the street who are in support of their campaign.
“We want to get these posters in as many houses as possible – and have had some support from students already living here, who want to live somewhere quiet.
“Landlords can move much more quickly to buy a property than a family, who might need to get a mortgage or be in a chain.
“We are really hoping they will respect our neighbourhood and give a family a chance to buy this house.”
