Architecture Scotland reports that:
"Birmingham is feeling the effects of the property crash with a glut of unsold apartments lying empty, it emerging that developers are even struggling to offload them to the city council for homeless accommodation.
Councillors have so far rebuffed all offers from desperate developers branding the apartments, “the slums of tomorrow”, “too close together”, “poorly built” and “not good enough for council tenants”.
Real estate agents have called for the private sector to build more quality family accommodation in the city centre, where the population has jumped by a third since 2001. "
This comes hot on the heals of statements made by CABE, Commission for Architecture in the Built Environment, in August 2009 that the UK builds the smallest homes in Europe.
Perhaps someone would like to tell APTSec just exactly how we have arrived at where we are now!
Perhaps if some of the older houses were refurbished they would provide more spacious accommodation?
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