Article: Kick-start for housing.

TAXPAYERS are to lend more than pounds 1 million to developers to kick-start West Midlands housing schemes which had been scrapped or delayed because of the recession.

The firm behind a 50-home scheme near Birmingham city centre is to receive pounds 412,395 to help it get building work underway.

Funding is also going to projects in Sandwell and Rugeley, Staffordshire.

Ian Austin (Lab Dudley North), Minister for the West Midlands, said: "This funding is not a handout to developers - it comes with tough terms, including repayment within five years. "But it will boost the local economy, supporting businesses, keeping people in jobs and delivering ...

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