London Council Offered Homes in Manchester and Walsall

Croydon Council has confirmed that it has been offered nearly 100 properties in Greater Manchester and Walsall by a property developer as it seeks solutions to the borough's housing crisis. The council recently called for a "serious debate" on the acute housing crisis facing the borough after a national newspaper claimed it was moving homeless families to Hull.
The council confirmed it was having discussions with councils in other parts of the country, such as North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Kent and Sussex, and said much of its spare capacity was taken by 58 households displaced during August's riots. Now it has emerged a property developer has offered the council nearly 100 homes to ease the housing crisis in the borough that has seen the number of households in emergency accommodation, such as bed and breakfasts, jump from 61 in 2008 to 300 in 2011. Read more on 24dash.