Developer Placefirst has completed the sixth and final phase of its £42.8m scheme for the regeneration of part of the Welsh Streets area of south Liverpool. In partnership with Liverpool City Council. Originally built in the 1870s for Welsh workers relocating to Liverpool, many of whom were involved in building the terraced properties that characterise the Toxteth area, the Welsh Streets estate eventually fell into dilapidation. Early in the early 2000s, large swathes of property were earmarked for demolition as part of the Labour Government’s Housing Market Renewal Initiative (HMRI) and its associated rebuild programme. MCS launched a campaign which sought to secure the refurbishment of Welsh Street properties and the retention of the communities that occupied the streets. Vice President, Peter Brown recalls that campaign. READ MORE