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"Ten years ago, if you asked pretty much anyone living in social housing if they’d like to see their estate regenerated, it's likely they would have said yes. New kitchens and bathrooms, new windows, lifts that work – what’s not to like?
"And if you said that, actually, you wanted to knock the whole lot down and rebuild it, but that residents could live somewhere else for a while before returning to a spanking new flat, they'd probably reason that they were still getting a decent deal.
"But if you said you were going to knock the whole lot down, evict the social tenants and use Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) to pressure owners into accepting derisory offers; if you reneged on your promise to provide homes for residents to return to, while flogging as many flats as possible to the luxury end of the market – well, you might expect them to be a bit aggrieved, wouldn't you?"
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