More than 18,000 properties will benefit as part of an £110 million allocation by Birmingham City Council towards improving the city's council housing during 2007-8.
Around £90 million has been set aside for the council¹s Housing Investment Programme to achieve Decent Homes Standard under the City¹s fourth option of positive retention and other repair and redevelopment work across the city.
"Under the Birmingham Housing Investment Programme the bulk of the City's properties will benefit from upgraded and energy efficient heating installations using high efficiency boilers. There will also be benefits from improved energy efficiency and thermal comfort to come after the installation of pvcu double glazed replacement windows," a spokesman said.
Improved security and cost-effectiveness are two other goals of the programme. Workers will install secure front entrance doors and replace timber fascias and soffits with pvc materials and re-roofing some properties, a factor which will reduce the costs of maintenance in future years.
In addition to the programme, much need structural improvements will be carried out to a number of tower bocks and other council properties across the city to secure their long term future.
Councillor John Lines, Cabinet Member for Housing comments: "We are delighted once again to honour our commitment to tenants to improve their homes if they wished to remain with the council as their landlord. Over the last three years we have been able to improve the quality of life for thousands of tenants and we know that the programme is extremely popular with high levels of customer satisfaction.
The report will also recommend awarding the works to the council¹s construction partnering contractors - Wates Group, G F Tomlinson Building Limited and Thomas Vale Construction plc.