Refurbishment work has started at Frank Walsh House as it’s set to be transformed into supported housing for families. It is a former housing with care scheme and refurbishment work began on November 1st, 2019, and is scheduled to be completed by March 2020. Laker Building Management Solutions are undertaking the work and Coventry City […]

Children from a Sandwell academy have revealed the road name at our Little Moor Hill housing development. Pupils from the Devonshire Junior Academy suggested names for the road and Symphony Drive was selected as the winner. There will be 22 new homes built at the site – 11 will be shared ownership and 11 will […]

One of our Birmingham residents has presented a BBC documentary and is now up for a television award. Sue Brown was asked to present the First Black Brummies and is nominated for Outstanding New Talent at the Royal Television Society Midlands awards (RTS). Sue, who is a poet and works part time in a children’s […]

Today we are launching our new online customer portal, My Account. My Account allows customers to book a repair, pay their rent and make an enquiry online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As part of our communications campaign to get our customers online we’ve commissioned a video which gives all our customers […]

A training course for anti-social behavior (ASB) is being rolled out to staff throughout October and November. The 62 staff members in our Neighbourhood and Concierge Teams are being given the training as part of our Knowledge Academy. The Knowledge Academy creates training opportunities for different roles across the organisation so staff are qualified and […]

A man who struggled with employment has been helped by one of our job coaches through the Building Better Opportunities programme (BBO). George, who has been diagnosed with autism, met our BBO Job Coach, Catherine Scarlett, at a local voluntary group where she introduced him to the programme. Previously George had been prescribed medication which […]