Millions will be spent building thousands of new homes across Rochdale to address the housing crisis.

Town hall bosses, who declared a housing emergency back in 2023, have approved £4.779m for the Housing Supply Programme over the next two years.

Rochdale council ’s cabinet would also commit to working towards a cumulative £25m budget for the programme – expected to run until 2030.

The cash will be used to ramp up housebuilding in the borough, the latest cabinet meeting in Number One Riverside heard.

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Strategic housing lead at the council, Stewart Morris, explained that larger family homes are lacking and the local authority will look into supporting these de

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