Category: Social value
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250 years to meet social rent housing need. Change is needed.
There are currently 31,000 families waiting for a council home in Birmingham. In addition, there is a significant backlog of applications still awaiting assessment. As of April 2024, that backlog amounted to at least 10,358 applications. In 2022, out of 20,000 housing applications, only 3,116 households were accommodated. This number fell to 2,484 the following…
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Whose Agreement? Questions About the Development Agreement
On April 30, BCC and Berkeley signed a development agreement that was largely kept from public scrutiny. On September 26, a heavily redacted version of the agreement was shared as evidence of a commitment to “being open and transparent throughout the regeneration process and this next stage of consultation and planning.” A reading of the…
Ladywood Unite 