West Midlands news

A Redditch development in the West Midlands has become the first in the country to be completed under the Kickstart programme, aimed at bringing the housing sector back into action.

A special ceremony was held last week on the building site of Saxon Court in Turves Green, Northfield to mark the completion of external works on the second of two new extra care schemes for older people being built through a partnership between the City Council and Housing 21.

Confirmation of the £6.5million investment into Walsall’s flagship canalside development Waterfront South has been hailed as “another huge boost” for the town.

Plans to create thousands of jobs and new homes as part of the major transformation of the former MG Rover site at Longbridge have taken a major step forward, thanks to a decision to approve millions of pounds of investment in the project.

House building has received a boost following an announcement from HM Treasury yesterday confirming just over £30m of funding, which had been in doubt, for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in the West Midlands for this year (2010-11)

Affordable housing delivery in the West Midlands is up on last year, despite the economic downturn and challenging operating conditions

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has exceeded its end of year housing targets, despite the economic downturn and challenging operating conditions.

75 leaders from across the private and public sectors gathered in Birmingham on Thursday for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Housing Finance Forum.

Work is starting on hundreds of much needed new Birmingham homes, thanks to the Government’s Kickstart programme.

The Homes and Communities Agency invested £415m in the West Midlands during 2009-10 and expects to report an exceptional performance for new housing and regeneration, its regional director for West Midlands, Paul Spooner said today.