Watch: From abandoned death traps to new social housing

Work to transform abandoned and derelict buildings across the island into modern social housing accommodation is well underway, the government said on Monday.
Addressing a press conference outside one such property along a sleepy street in Vittoriosa, Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg said 33 government-owned buildings had recently been handed over to the Housing Authority to be renovated and turned into social housing.
A preliminary review of four of these properties, he said, had indicated how they could be developed into 11 housing units.
“This sort of initiative serves, in my opinion, multiple purposes, providing social housing directly in the community where it is needed most, upgrading buildings that could be causing damage to third parties and injecting life into areas that could do with some help,” Dr Borg told reporters.

The provision of social housing has been a hot-button issue for the Labour administration, with critics lamenting government lethargy.
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