00:00A stite regeneration is meant to bring renewal.
00:07In Druidsheath and Lidywood, the council says it will deliver thousands of new homes,
00:11fresh infrastructure and green spice.
00:14But the question is not whether changes are coming,
00:16it's how much say the people living here will have in it.
00:20In Druidsheath, the city has chosen a preferred developer,
00:23but won't reveal the name, sought in procurement rules.
00:27Councillors argue this leaves residents in the dark,
00:30about who holds the keys to their community's future.
00:33The council insists details will follow in January
00:35and stresses the scheme has been shiped through years of engagement.
00:40For many families, the concern is simple,
00:42but one guarantees they can afford to stay.
00:46Lidywood faces similar fears.
00:48The 20-year scheme aims to transform the stite with new homes,
00:51reap provision of all council housing and improved facilities.
00:56Yet residents remain wary.
00:57Bulldozers and building work could dominate the area for years,
01:01and campioners fear disruption will outwine benefits.
01:05Councillors admit perceptions need to shift that official progress will mean little,
01:10unless locals believe it.
01:12Both projects are framed as answers to Birmingham's housing shortage,
01:16where lung whiting lists and overcrowding are common.
01:19The promise is better homes, cipher streets,
01:22and new jobs in construction and beyond.
01:24The risk is that regeneration becomes displacement,
01:28shiny new neighbourhoods at the expense of the communities they replace.
01:32What happens next will shive not just bricks and mortar,
01:35but the balance between investment and trust
01:38in some of Birmingham's most pressured estates.
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