'Are you building communities or just houses?': The human cost of the Druids Bids process in Estaten | House

XYLIA LELANAS had just paid off all her debt and had just finished repairing her house after a fire when someone knocked on her door in 2023 and asked if she knew The work of the Druids Heiner.

“The first thing I thought was: 'Don't tell me where my grandmother is,'” he recalled. “He said yes and I was thinking: 'What am I going to do? Where am I going to go?'”

After years of discussion, councilors have now approved permission to knock down the druids, the entrance hall to the south of Binkhamto build the highest quality buildings.

Of the 1,800 areas that will be destroyed to create a new way of 3,500, 400 (11%) will be designated as low-cost, according to the documents prepared – 800 less than that.

This was the main meaning in the debate at the Committees of the Committee that the land of the Druids Herad Mindathoring Herad in the room and shouting the words “shout” and “it was enough”

In the end, the committee was divided and the project was approved by only one vote.

The agency agrees that it will make sure to ensure that after a while, the affordable housing will be compatible with the housing and the approved housing will not be compatible, although the document does not say in detail.

“The disease will not progress without the houses with the remaining supplies, the cabinet member and the residence.

But people who are worried that the show license is set without stone and worry that the promise may also be a line of financial difficulties.

“There is 'not using' and 'future'. 'We believe that' and carrying more people, 'and he had his girlfriend of seven years.

Back then only 13 reserves were listed for destruction – so the red line was extended to include larger areas. All the people affected are affected by the market value plus 10% of their property, which Ennis equates to $180,000 to sleep with his room.

“I've got the best wishes in the world, £180k doesn't cover the cost of these new homes,” he said. “We can't buy any of the things in Birmingham. I don't know what to do; it feels like everything we do, it's the wrong way.”

People with pegs give us the opportunity to share with homeowners who want to return, but many – especially those who own a house, do not want the idea.

“They've changed their beliefs many times, so why should I believe they'll give it to me?” Said Leginas, who used to work as a driver and has returned to college to learn welding. “My plan was to rent, without a mortgage, and for me and my daughter.

“For me to achieve something for myself now I have to leave Birmingham, but my family is here and I like to make my home here. I really like the city.”

The Druid Swell sits on one of Birmingham's highest points, making it colder and colder than the rest of the city. It is also the most lost part of the city, and the area has been affected since it was built in the 1960s, when it was the largest parallel road in the UK.

Almost all residents accept the change, and some welcome the opportunity to leave. Some think they were not asked.

“Everybody who does that is doing it and that's why this has to happen. But who is planning it? They have a two-bedroom apartment that has been converted 16 years ago.

“I agree that something needs to be done. But I don't think all the things that need to be knocked out.”

It was said that all the workers who want to stay in his place will be given somewhere to live in the final plot, but his house is in one of the last stages of the project, which means that he has about 15 to 20 years to wait.

He said: “I could be here on the construction site for a very long time, when I thought about coming here. “My life is getting bigger as I get older – 10 years ago I had more energy than I did. So it will be very difficult for me.

“I find it really, really scary – the reality of people here.”

Jayne Murray, lead artist at the Druids Heid Center who sponsored the conference on the issue, said: “Selling is different from destroying.

“It's too short. They're doing it everywhere. It's not here. They don't appreciate what's here.”

Other areas including Lotwood, Digbeth and the city's markets are all set to become more complex as part of the regeneration plans.

At the heart of the struggling Heruids is what “important” means when it comes to new homes. The government's push for faster construction, and a new housing secretary Cut the cost of capital As things stand, it did nothing to ease the fear.

Patel said: “The attitude is: 'We just have to do this.' And I think some of that comes from the central government. Everything that happens in London, filters down.

“What are you building? Who are you building? And are you building communities or are you just building houses?”