It 'can't be ruled out' that Seven Sisters tower blocks could be DEMOLISHED

'All options' are being explored as Rochdale's 'Seven Sister's tower blocks face an uncertain future once again.

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has issued a new statement after an ‘exclusivity agreement’ with Legal & General Affordable Homes (LGAH) came to an end this week. It had been hoped the legal partnership, drawn up around 16 months ago, would find a financially viable solution for bringing all 700 homes in the seven blocks back into use.

More than a year on, according to an RBH spokesperson, ‘there wasn’t a level of risk both parties were happy with’, which means that the future of the tower blocks is entirely in the hands of social housing provider.

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RBH confirmed it cannot rule out the demolition of the town centre landmark, officially known as College Bank, and is now pressing on with structural surveys, demand analysis, ground investigations and financial modelling that will inform the next steps of the process.

At the same time, improvements will take place to the blocks and their outside space.

Amanda Newton, RBH chief executive, said: “Our customers are the reason we are here. We are absolutely committed to ensuring all the 28,000 people who live in our homes have safe, warm and affordable places to live, now and for the future.

“This means it’s critical we make sound financial decisions and spend every penny of our customers’ rent money wisely, with their best interests at heart.

“Unfortunately, we have not been able to reach a commercially viable agreement that both RBH and LGAH were comfortable with from a risk perspective. This means that the exclusivity agreement has