Mark Whitehead 26 January 2023

WMCA to spend £15m improving ‘sub-standard’ social housing

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The West Midlands Combined Authority is planning to spend £15m improving some of the region’s most dilapidated and unhealthy social housing.

The project will tackle damp, cold and mouldy homes by replacing high carbon-emitting heating systems with modern electric ones, installing high quality insulation and repairing leaky roofs, windows and doors.

The combined authority secured £14.9m from Government and will work with local councils and other housing providers to identify those homes in most need of improvements and repairs.

Homes plagued by hazards such as damp and mould that are a threat to health will be made a priority.

West Midlands mayor and the combined authority’s chair Andy Street said: ‘The announcement of nearly £15m in funding from Government to upgrade our social housing stock is very good news indeed for our region, blighted for far too long with too many sub-standard properties.

‘Now that we’ve secured this money, we can put it to good work for the benefit of local people – improving quality of life in a tangible and meaningful way for West Midlands residents in the months and years ahead.’

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