00:00Housing Association Riverside is investing more than £1.4 million to refurbish 29 long-term
00:07empty homes in Smithdown.
00:09Work is underway on properties across Holmes Street, Longfellow Street, Wendell Street
00:14and Whittier Street, with completion expected by the end of July.
00:18Riverside says the project includes structural repairs, roof replacements and internal improvements
00:25to meet empty home standards.
00:27Liverpool City Council is supporting the programme through the local authority housing fund.
00:33Once finished, the homes will be offered to applicants on the council's social housing
00:38waiting list.
00:39The scheme follows work nearby and further restorations later this year.
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