Housing news

Birmingham comes in to bloom

Birmingham City Council and the Housing Liaison Board are calling on all green-fingered council tenants and leaseholders, as they launch the annual Birmingham in Bloom competition.

Published 29th June 2018.

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  A hat trick of housing heroes are recognised in Birmingham

  Birmingham City Council (BCC) is celebrating after a highly successful evening at the prestigious 2018 Housing Heroes Awards in Manchester last night.

  Published 26th June 2018.

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  Award-winning approach to repairs and maintenance

  Birmingham City Council and Wates Living Space are celebrating after winning a prestigious national award.

  Published 4th May 2018.

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  Rogue landlord ordered to pay ground-breaking fine

  Leila Amjadi, aged 33, of Sutton Coldfield, was yesterday found guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court of 35 House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) offences.

  Published 19th April 2018.

• Former council employee ordered to repay £20,000 in compensation

  Birmingham City Council has supported the successful prosecution of a former housing officer for fraud under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

  Published 28th March 2018.

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  Website helping homeless people to make the right move

  Homeless people in Birmingham are just one click away from connecting with with local landlords thanks to a new website Homeless Rooms Birmingham .

  Published 15th January 2018.

• Doing things differently to prevent homelessness

  Cabinet will be asked to approve a new strategy for homelessness prevention on 12 December.

  Published 4th December 2017.

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  Help us to help homeless people

  People can find themselves without a home for many different reasons – end of their tenancy agreement, breakdown in family relationships, domestic abuse, money problems and poor health.

  Published 25th September 2017.

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  Birmingham landlord who didn’t care ordered to pay nearly £4k

  A Birmingham landlord was ordered to pay £3,860 at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (14 September 2017) for failing to obtain an HMO licence and for breaching management regulations.

  Published 14th September 2017.

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  Turning garage sites and pubs into 131 new homes

  Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve a two year house-building programme worth nearly £19 million at a meeting on Wednesday 13 September.

  Published 8th September 2017.

• London landlord fined for Selly Oak student property

  A landlord from London was ordered to pay £4,485.17 at Birmingham Magistrates Court today for breaching legislation designed to protect student tenants at a property in Tiverton Road, Selly Oak.

  Published 17th August 2017.

• Tackling Brum’s housing shortage with creative thinking

  Cabinet has approved a raft of measures to address the housing shortage in Birmingham today (Tuesday 25 July) with three specialist housing reports.

  Published 25th July 2017.

• The way Birmingham allocates social housing is changing

  Birmingham is changing the way it allocates social housing.

  Published 6th February 2017.