The government says it has ordered the council to explain why the homes have been left empty after a local MP said Labour should prevent the sale to a private bidder.
Hundreds of homes built for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham are being sold off by the council at a projected loss of more than £300m, in a situation branded 'nothing short of a scandal'. The government is facing pressure to intervene to stop the sale of 755 properties on the Perry Barr Estate to a private bidder, as the city battles an acute housing and funding crisis.
Birmingham City Council said 213 of the newly built homes would be retained for social use and those being sold off would still make 'a considerable contribution to the supply of housing in the area'. But Ayoub Khan, the newly elected independent MP for the area, said the decision 'makes no sense'. He told Sky News: 'It's nothing short of a scandal that the bankrupt Labour-run council are selling these homes at a loss that is estimated to cost the taxpayer £320m.
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