Housing minister Yvette Cooper today pledged nearly £44.5 million to the gentrification of Birmingham and Sandwell as part of the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder scheme.
The boroughs of the West Midlands will see up to £280 million in additional funding raised as part of the investment, which will help deliver 7,500 new or improved homes in [...]

The first independent review of social housing regulation for 32 years was announced today.
As statistics were published showing a 25 per cent jump in the number of new dwellings built since 2002, the government commissioned professor Martin Cave, director of the centre of management under regulation at Warwick University to review social housing laws.
Communities secretary [...]