Ellie Brown

United Kingdom

Reporter at Inside Housing

Coventry's local democracy reporter ✍ Work in @live_coventry @BBCCWR @ITVCentral 📰

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Vivid to retrofit thousands of social homes via £50m loan backed by National Wealth Fund

3 days ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Ellie Brown

News3.45 PM Social landlord Vivid will retrofitmore than 2,000 homes after agreeing a £50m loan with Barclays that is backed by a 70% guarantee from the National Wealth Fund (NWF.) Vivid chief executive Mark Perry: “This funding will support our goal to provide our customers with warmer, more energy-efficient homes” Sharelines Vivid to retrofit thousands of social homes via £50m loan backed by National Wealth Fund #UKhousing Vivid will retrofit more than 2,000 homes after agreeing a £50m loan...
North Wales landlord reveals ambition to build 300 new homes

4 days ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Ellie Brown

News5.30 PM Housing association Grŵp Cynefin has revealed an ambition to build 300 new homes across Wales within three years.
London Legacy Development Corporation makes three board appointments

4 days ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Ellie Brown

News12.30 PM The development company for London’s Olympic Park has appointed housing, finance and culture professionals to its board.
New Coventry flats will all be 'affordable' as more revealed about £120 million scheme

3 weeks ago | coventrytelegraph.net | Ellie Brown

A development of more than 250 flats in Coventry is set to be entirely 'affordable' amid "low values" in the area. Housing group Citizen plans to rent most of the 261 homes that will replace a derelict 1960s estate in Spon End. The scheme is the first part of their £120 million project to regenerate the Coventry suburb. Regeneration chief Kevin Roach told us more as demolition work started on the former estate at Windsor Street last week.
Run-down Coventry estate being bulldozed after 'structural issues' found

3 weeks ago | coventrytelegraph.net | Ellie Brown

A 1960s housing estate in Coventry is being demolished after structural issues were found in the blocks. Work to bulldoze the run-down buildings off Windsor Street in Spon End started last week (April 15). Housing group Citizen plans to build 261 new flats on the site as part of a £120 million regeneration scheme for the wider area. But, while the derelict estate is now a building site, it was not always doomed.
New Coventry business park set to create 1,000 jobs

3 weeks ago | coventrytelegraph.net | Ellie Brown

A business park set to create 1,000 jobs will be built on the outskirts of Coventry despite local concerns. Developers have gained the final go-ahead to build the industrial site on former green belt fields near the M6.
Site of notorious former Coventry children's home to be sold for development

3 weeks ago | coventrytelegraph.net | Ellie Brown

The old site of a notorious Coventry children's home can be sold for development. Councillors agreed to put the former Wisteria Lodge site in Earlsdon on the market this week. It means new homes could be built on land that has been empty since the home was demolished in 2010. Shareholder committee members made the decision due to the site being part of the nearby War Memorial Park.
Inside doomed 1960s Coventry estate as demolition work begins

4 weeks ago | coventrytelegraph.net | Ellie Brown

A Coventry estate that hundreds of people once called home is now a demolition site. Plans to bulldoze three buildings from the 1960s in Spon End for more than 200 new flats took a step forward this week. Workers have started removing fixtures and fittings from the 158 homes in Kerry, Milestone and Trafalgar Houses. The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) had a look around on Tuesday, 15 April. Much has changed on the estate since plans for its regeneration were revealed six years ago.
The old Spon End flats due to be bulldozed for homes in pictures

4 weeks ago | coventrytelegraph.net | Ellie Brown

The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) visited a 1960s estate in Spon End which is being demolished for new homes. Work to clear the flats started this week. The site is now a construction zone with large skips, fencing, hoardings and some debris in flats and on walkways. Hundreds of people used to live in the 158 homes across the three blocks named Milestone House, Kerry House and Trafalgar House.
Coventry libraries to relocate as councillor tells meeting of 'concern'

1 month ago | coventrytelegraph.net | Ellie Brown

Coventry libraries will move to smaller spaces in other buildings despite concern from the public. Councillors approved plans to relocate the book-borrowing services in Bell Green, Coundon and Holbrooks yesterday, 15 April. It came after hundreds of residents signed petitions objecting to the plans fearing a loss of footfall, staff and books. And at yesterday's meeting an opposition councillor claimed it will mean people cannot access the services.