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Concerns over six-bedroom HMO plan earmarked for Aston Lane

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Vincent
Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleBirmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England)
The address in Aston Lane, Aston, near Villa Park, currently has three bedrooms and has been empty for six months, according to council documents.

HMOs are commonly for tenants including ex-offenders, people with drug and alcohol issues, refugees, care leavers, vulnerable people with learning difficulties and mental health issues.

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They can also house frail elderly people and women at risk of domestic violence.

However residents, councillors and MPs have complained of the quality of care in HMOs and the impact on neighbourhoods.

Rykha Ghani, 40, a Broadway Road resident said of the application: "As a single mother I am very concerned. I believe it will increase drug use and crimes in the area.

"We already have enough HMOs here.

"It has been a struggle for us, we previously lived on Stoneleigh Road where we saw a lot of late-night police visits because of noise and fights between HMO residents.

"We were forced to move a few streets down to Broadway Road where it isn't so bad. But with this application it feels like we are back to square one.

"It is difficult and scary, we have to sleep with one eye open."

Another resident, who...

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