BRUM DEMOLISHES MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES

27-07-2007

The government announced this week that three million affordable new homes are in the pipeline - so why is Birmingham busy knocking down the ones it already has?

In Merrishaw Road, Northfield for example, two blocks of three and four-bedroomed council maisonettes have been earmarked for demolition, even though officers admit they are structurally sound.

According to a management report leaked to The Stirrer, the main problem is vandalism and poor security.

You might think they’d introduce the concierge system, which has been successfully used in many council blocks

Instead, it’s proposed to sell off the land for hundreds of thousands of pounds and re-house the existing tenants.

Read more in The Stirrer’s weekly Birmingham Mail column click here.

And to see more revelations about the city’s declining council housing stock, click here

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