What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
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
The Executive Board of Leeds City Council is considering a new Council Lettings Policy at its meeting today. The Lettings Policy clearly has implications not only for the thousands of applicants on the Council’s waiting list but also for those living next or near to Council housing and to communities
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
Whether it’s the housing PFI scheme, booking a holiday, or Beeston Festival, life increasingly seems to be about spinning plates. The Council are getting a lot of flack for the Beeston Hill & Holbeck PFI-funded housing scheme. It seems to have been dragging on forever. Everything has taken a lot
Leeds City Council has announced further delays to the PFI-funded scheme to bring new housing to Holbeck and Beeston Hill. The latest delay has apparently been caused by the government requiring the Council and the contractors to find different funding to that which they had in place. The Council has
In the latest statement from Leeds City Council today executive board member for neighbourhoods, planning and support services Councillor Peter Gruen said: “The council remains absolutely committed to plans to deliver improvements to over 1200 homes and the surrounding estates and to build 388 new homes through the PFI project.
On Wednesday senior councillors on the council’s Executive Board meet and consider three reports on housing which have implications for south Leeds, writes Steve Williamson. Future of ALMOs There is a lengthy report reviewing the options for the future delivery of housing management services for council housing in Leeds. It could
Do you remember when, wherever you looked and even when you didn’t, you’d hear about how house prices were increasing yet again? Well, in the past four years the average house price* in Leeds has reduced by 10% to £126,178. Enough to make moving house very difficult for many people
More than 50 families are looking forward to moving into new properties in Beeston. The management of the scheme, featuring 55 two, three and four bedroom properties is shared between Unity Housing Association and Chevin Housing Association, part of the Together Housing Group. This is the first scheme of this