Day: Nov 28, 2023
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Slides and notes from meeting with Council and Councillors
Today George and Laura met with Councillor Francis, Councillor Cotton, Paul Kitson and his new colleague, and a Berkeley Group representative. More detailed notes/names are forthcoming, and we have asked for the minutes they took. George will also share his Powerpoint slides. The meeting lasted just over an hour and proceeded as follows. We all…
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Questions for the council: “new homes” but for whom?
The Birmingham City Council sees the regeneration of Ladywood Estate as fulfilling its obligations to deliver 51,000 new homes by 2031. Unfortunately, in the 2021 “Our Future City Plan”, the term “new homes” is often linked to envisioning dispossession and large-scale evictions under the banner of “regeneration” and “replacement”. Talking of gentrification and dispossession has…
Ladywood Unite 