Tag: Housing

Work starts on new homes in Holbeck and Beeston

  Work is now well underway on the major housing regeneration scheme in Holbeck and Beeston Hill. Councillor David Congreve took a trip to the top of Meynell Heights this week to survey progress.   Meynell Heights will get a full makeover during the next year. The building will be

Hilary Benn MP opens BITMO’s GATE

  BITMO’s GATE – the new community resource centre in the old Belle Isle library building – was formally opened on Friday (25 October 2013) by Hilary Benn MP. [slideshow_deploy id=’20104′] Photos by Kenneth Ingram Speaking before he cut the ribbon, Hilary Benn praised BITMO for its vision in creating

Housing PFI company is recruiting

  Sc4l – the company delivering the Housing PFI scheme in Holbeck and Beeston Hill is recruiting – offering apprenticeships, construction jobs and work experience opportunities. Later this month there are two job fairs in south Leeds where local people can find out more about these opportunities: Monday 21 October

Beeston Hill & Holbeck housing scheme underway at last

  Work is getting underway at last on the PFI-funded housing regeneration scheme for Beeston Hill and Holbeck. Following the government’s green light last month, the consortium sc4L is swinging into action to start delivering the programme of 275 new homes and 383 refurbished homes in Holbeck and Beeston Hill.

PFI housing Open Day for Holbeck and Beeston Hill

  sc4L (Sustainable Communities for Leeds) are holding an Open Day next Monday to inform tenants and residents about their plans. The drop in information day is being held at St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck on Monday 5th August 2013 from 11am to 7pm. This is an opportunity to

Councillor Kim Groves gets the Jeremy Paxman grilling and lives to tell the tale

  Last week the Community Reporters group interviewed Councillor Kim Groves, the Labour member for Middleton Park Ward.   This was the sixth week of the Community Reports course, the session was about learning how to conduct an interview and to help us get up to speed we watched an

Council housing management to be brought in-house

A report is due to go to the council’s executive board in June recommending that Aire Valley Homes be wound up and that council housing returns to being managed directly by the council. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, the Council has been consulting tenants and others about changes

PFI: Council apologises for not keeping residents informed

Leeds City Council have apologised for not keeping residents informed about delays to the troubled Housing PFI scheme in Holbeck and Beeston Hill. Anne Hopper is a member of the Residents Reference Panel that have advised throughout the PFI (Private Finance Initiative) process. She explained what had happened at the