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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.