Birmingham HMO Plan Denied After Residents Complain: Area Already Surrounded

People living there complained. They were upset about drug dealing. Anti-social behavior bothered them too. Violence from some nearby houses caused worry. These houses are called HMOs. The council rejected a new HMO plan. Residents were already upset. They wanted to leave their homes.

Locals said their area was once safe. HMO issues ruined it, they claimed. A new plan surfaced for a seven-bed HMO. It worried everyone a lot. People feared it would become exempt housing. Birmingham City Council said no to the plan.

Councillor Jamie Scott had concerns. He worried about its future purpose. He said the council rejected it. One resident is seventy-four years old. She lives on Priory Avenue.

She objected to the new HMO plan. She worried about more street parking. She added that the area once felt safe. Now HMOs cause problems. This impacts Pershore Road and nearby streets. She said it used to be a nice area to live.

Now HMOs surround her home. She said other neighbors want to move. She feels the same way too. Moving is too expensive, she added. Pershore Road has many HMOs now. The resident said there is rubbish everywhere.

She claimed people deal drugs openly. She feels very unsafe at night alone. A different house became an HMO already. Problems started soon afterward. Police were there often, she noted.

Those residents moved away later. This new plan felt like history repeating. Councillor Scott objected in February. He said HMOs differ from exempt homes. He worried this HMO would become exempt. The area has many HMOs already. Parking, traffic, and trash matter too, he said.