article_snippet: The city council has been offering homes for less than the cost of two first-class stamps as The city council seeks to turn around swathes of The city council run-down or unwanted housing stock.
article_snippet: The £3million scheme, funded by the council and central government, was announced in 2012 following the success of similar projects in Liverpool and Rotterdam.
article_snippet: The £3million scheme, funded by the council and central government aims to create new communities in areas blighted by empty or boarded-up houses and a high turnover of tenants.
article_snippet: So far more than 120 homes have been sold under the scheme and the Cobridge district of the city – the first area to be improved – has been nicknamed ‘Poundland’.
article_snippet: To support the transformation, police have increased the number of patrols, while the council has installed CCTV to deter crime and improved other services.
article_snippet: children neighbours' One of the streets in Stoke-on-Trent where boarded up properties have been sold for just £1 in a bid by the council to improve rundown areas (file picture)