What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Middleton and Belle Isle Councillor Paul Truswell spoke passionately about the need for more social housing at the last Council meeting (16 January 2019), and welcomed plans for extra care housing in Middleton for older people. He and his colleagues, Judith Blake and Kim Groves, are also pressing for more
An empty property scheme completed this March has added more homes to Leeds City Council’s housing stock and returned over 129 empty properties back into use across the city. Since the scheme began in 2015, Leeds City Council’s housing services have identified suitable properties and have secured both ‘Homes England’
Work has started to build 25 new council houses at a site on Garnet Grove in Beeston. South Leeds Life previously reported on the planning application and the views of neighbouring residents whose request of open space within the development was rejected by Leeds City Council. Apart from providing new
An event in Leeds could help council and social housing tenants find their ideal home. Taking place on Friday 26 February in Leeds Civic Hall, the Big Winter Home Swap will let existing tenants who want to move house learn more about mutual exchange. Between 10am and 3pm, staff will talk
The Leeds-based housing campaign group Hands Off Our Homes is inviting all residents of Leeds and surrounding areas to a Regional Housing Summit on Saturday 12 March 2016. Many of you will know Hands Off Our Homes for its campaigning against the bedroom tax, and for supporting tenants who were
I see the Right To Buy is back in the news this week, with a plan to extend it to housing association homes. Regular readers of this column will not be surprised to learn that I don’t think this is a very good idea. Perhaps it’s worth re-capping a brief
Plans for new houses at the Garnets in Beeston will be go on show at a consultation event to be held on Tuesday 20 January 2015. South Leeds Life understands the council plans to build 25 two and three bedroom homes with gardens for rent to replace the 150 back
I was at a meeting this week between a residents group and Council officers. We were sorting out the right permissions to move a project forward. One of the officers (no names, no pack drill) was shocked to discover that as a group the residents knew more about the
New council houses are springing up across Beeston Hill and Holbeck and the council has said they will go to people with good tenancy records and local connections. So that’s all good. The council’s announcement said 75% of the 275 new homes will be let to council tenants with
One South Leeds resident has particular reason to celebrate a milestone in Leeds City Council’s ambitious drive to create more housing for the city. Peter Wood lives in the hundredth house to be refurbished under the council’s housing regeneration project which is making houses more energy efficient and up