A very exciting conference pulling together:
- folks who are hoping to develop or seek to maintain their own housing
- central government housing officers
- Birmingham City Council officers
- suppliers of information or infrastructure
was held in the lovely location of Winterbourne Gardens on Monday 9th July. For more details see this Hope for Housing notice. It was particularly exciting that just the week before, the government had finally announced details of the Community Housing Fund.
It was great to see the enthusiasm of a whole range of people. The Birmingham Community Led Housing Partnership has put forth a prospectus. No website yet, but their partner organisations at the moment include:
Cohousing West Midlands 