Housing news

Croydon and Birmingham join forces over fire sprinkler funding call

Birmingham City Council continued their call for Government to fund sprinklers in social housing nationwide after a visit today (Tuesday) to Croydon’s near-complete programme.

Published 23rd October 2018.

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  Landlord fined £37,111 for multiple housing regulation breaches

  On Thursday 30 August, David Greene, 64, of Brooke Lane, Billesley, has been prosecuted for numerous breaches of the House in Multiple Occupation Management Regulations.

  Published 31st August 2018.

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  3,000th new home built for Birmingham

  Birmingham City Council is celebrating the completion of the 3,000th home built through its award-winning house-building programme, Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust (BMHT).

  Published 23rd July 2018.

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  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.