Congratulations to Birmingham City Council and its partners who won the overall prize at the UK Housing Awards for Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust.

Established in January 2009, Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust has so far provided Birmingham council tenants with more than 150 brand new homes and secured dozens of apprenticeships for local young people in the construction industry. The City Council team worked with house-builder Lovell and received additional funding from the Homes and Communities Agency.

Axis Design Architects of Birmingham were involved with the project from day one and designed the schemes at Pershore Road, and Regent Road Morville Street in Handsworth.

The winners of the 2011 UK Housing Awards were announced by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Inside Housing magazine at a ceremony presented by Michael Portillo at the Park Lane Hilton in London on 9 November.

The UK Housing Awards, now in their fifteenth year, recognise excellence across 11 categories and present prizes for outstanding achievement in housing in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and for the UK as a whole.

CIH President Helen Collins said: “…special congratulations go to our winners, Birmingham City Council, who have demonstrated the amazing difference that building great quality, affordable homes can make to people and communities.”
Bromford Group were winners in two categories while Marches Housing Association, Midland Heart, Bournville Village Trust and Sandwell Homes were category finalists.