When the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap was lifted last year, it was hailed by many as the silver bullet that will kick start unprecedented and wide-scale local authority housebuilding across the country that hasn't been seen since the introduction of the 1919 Addison Act.

However, the pressures of the national housing shortage have had a dramatic impact on Birmingham and the city, like many across the UK, is now in the grip of a homelessness crisis.