{"id":347416,"date":"2025-08-15T20:36:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347416\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:36:21","slug":"people-living-in-tents-in-stockport-town-centre-moved-with-possession-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347416\/","title":{"rendered":"People living in tents in Stockport town centre moved with possession order"},"content":{"rendered":"

The claim form showed there to be six people living in the makeshift camp<\/p>\n

19:29, 15 Aug 2025Updated 19:29, 15 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

\"TentsTents in Stockport town centre on August 14.<\/p>\n

People living in tents in Stockport town centre have been moved on after Stockport<\/a> Homes and the council claimed possession of the land.<\/p>\n

Tents were set up on Edward Street<\/a> outside the offices of Stockport Homes and opposite the town hall in May, with people found to be living inside.<\/p>\n

But the social-housing provider and council applied to reclaim the land through a possession order, with the tents being removed yesterday evening (August 14).<\/p>\n

To see planning applications; traffic and road diversions and layout changes; and more, visit the Public Notices Portal HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The claim form showed there to be six people living in the makeshift camp.<\/p>\n

Stockport Homes said out of area accommodation has been offered to all the individuals who were there, but it said these offers were declined.<\/p>\n

It also said that several appointments were made to discuss different housing options available.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson added: \u201cWhile there are significant pressures on the housing system, support is available, and our priority is to ensure it reaches those who need it most.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, because there isn\u2019t enough accommodation locally, we sometimes have to offer housing outside the borough – but this is always with the aim of making sure people have somewhere safe and secure to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stockport is under growing pressure with housing and homelessness, with thousands of people waiting<\/a> for social housing in the borough.<\/p>\n

\"TentsTents were set up on Edward Street outside the offices of Stockport Homes around May.<\/p>\n

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Stockport council<\/a> also revealed recently that it is set to spend \u00a32m on emergency housing – double the figure from last year.<\/p>\n

In May, one of the family\u2019s living in a tent in the town centre said they had come to the UK from Iraq and wanted to settle in the borough.<\/p>\n

Stockport Homes said at the time that the family had been given support but that an offer of accommodation outside the borough was declined.<\/p>\n

Tents remained opposite the town hall for months before being cleared this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The claim form showed there to be six people living in the makeshift camp 19:29, 15 Aug 2025Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,1288,2622,2627,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-347416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-stockport","13":"tag-stockport-council","14":"tag-stockport-town-centre","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115034704163821288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}