Housing and Property

Housing and Property

Landlord ordered to pay record £182,000 over shared houses

Inspectors found missing fire doors and loose smoke alarms in homes in Selly Oak and Edgbaston.

19 April 2018 · Source: Birmingham City Council

Housing and Property

Games village to leave 1,000 new homes in Perry Barr

Up to 6,500 athletes and officials will stay on the old university campus before it is turned into homes.

13 February 2018 · Source: Birmingham City Council

Housing and Property

Council to fit sprinklers in all 213 tower blocks after Grenfell

The leader will find up to £31 million and is urging the government to fund a national programme.

22 June 2017 · Source: Birmingham City Council

Housing and Property

Curved front of the old Central Library comes down

Demolition of John Madin's brutalist library, closed since 2013, moves on to its lending wing.

28 January 2016 · Source: Wikipedia

Housing and Property

Green light for £500m Paradise redevelopment

The approval clears the way for the old Central Library to be demolished.

8 December 2013 · Source: Wikipedia

Housing and Property

Cladding falls from the Holloway Circus tower

Five panels come away from the upper floors of the city's newest skyscraper.

24 November 2005 · Source: Wikipedia

Housing and Property

Tenants reject council housing transfer

Two thirds of those voting say no to moving nearly 90,000 homes to housing associations.

5 April 2002 · Source: Wikipedia