News - Discover Brum

Housing and Property

Exempt housing linked to more than a third of homicides, police say

56 of 151 murders in two years were connected to exempt accommodation or shared houses, as a BBC Panorama investigation airs tonight.

19 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

Avamore Ltd left one of three blocks on the Coventry Road without the required alarm system for six months beyond the deadline.

18 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

Planners unanimously approved the scheme, which includes 47 affordable homes, but regretted the lack of family-sized ones.

17 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

A Sparkhill firm's TikTok video promised a console, a Dyson Airwrap or a holiday to anyone who stayed four months.

16 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

The Regulator of Social Housing says it has no confidence in the Birmingham firm's viability, and a councillor is its interim chief executive.

15 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

The scheme would replace the old Rackhams store with towers of 16 and 34 storeys and an office block.

14 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

A typical home there costs £168,000, with Winson Green, Aston, Nechells and Bordesley Green close behind.

13 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

Keon Homes and Midland Heart want to build net-zero affordable homes on the former Tower Ballroom site.

12 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

Housing and Property

Colder weather brings condensation; here is how to reduce mould, and what landlords must now do about it.

11 October 2026 Source: GOV.UK

Housing and Property

He has chaired ECF, the regeneration partnership behind thousands of homes, since it began in 2002.

10 October 2026 Source: Place Midlands