A COUNCIL was planning to pour its housing cash into rundown areas in a bid to head off massive slum problems.
Members of Burnley Council's housing committee decided to change course in their fight against the area's housing crisis. But officials and councillors confessed they were losing the battle. A council report said many people were being forced to live in Victorian conditions.
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