Members of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee travelled to Birmingham to learn more about the biggest new council house development programme in the UK.
A Moseley woman who insisted that she was unaware that she owned a property has been sentenced to 24 weeks in prison for 13 offences relating to housing benefit fraud.
Birmingham City Council’s Housing department has won two national award for its Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust (BMHT) programme at the Regeneration and Renewal Awards.
Birmingham City Council is bucking the downward trend in the housing market with new housing schemes which are already selling ‘off plan’, following the success of another sales programme in the city.
Birmingham City Council has welcomed the Treasury’s decision to offer a temporary reduction to the interest rate offered to local authorities borrowing from its public sector lending arm.
