A new Tenement Partnership has been formed in Govan as part of a £1.5 million National Lottery Heritage Fund Investment to unlock the area’s historic potential. Comprising Linthouse Housing Association, Glasgow City Council, and energy efficiency teams, the partnership will deliver a hol
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Glasgow City Council's Empty Homes project has brought more than 3,000 unoccupied homes back to life as accommodation for people and families. Almost all (94%) of the properties have been brought back to productive use since April 2019, when Glasgow City Council launched its Empty Homes Strategy.
Construction is officially underway at French Street in Dalmarnock, where 173 new homes are set to bring a significant boost to housing supply in Glasgow’s East End at a time when the city faces an ongoing housing emergency. Led by Thenue Housing and CCG (Scotland) in partnership with Clyde Ga
Glasgow City Council is set to launch a design competition to redevelop two fire-ravaged tenement sites at Albert Cross in Pollokshields, aiming to restore the area’s heritage and vitality while addressing long-standing dereliction. Two B-listed tenement buildings at the heart of Albert Drive
A major review of Glasgow's Climate Plan has identified extensive community benefits that accompany the effort to reduce the city's carbon emissions.
Glasgow City Council has approved a five-year plan for the construction of almost 6400 new affordable homes.
Glasgow City Council is set to explore a pioneering public-private partnership that could see up to 1,500 new homes built in Springburn over the next decade, transforming one of the city’s most longstanding derelict sites. A report going before the council’s administration committee this
More than 70 organisations joined Glasgow City Council's treasurer and depute leader, Ricky Bell and the Scottish Government's cabinet secretary for social justice, Shirley-Anne Somerville, in Glasgow during Challenge Poverty week to press forward on child poverty.
Glasgow City Council's Centre for Civic Innovation (CCI) has produced their sixth annual publication providing a detailed overview of child poverty in the city and using lived experiences of families to illustrate what is being done to help reduce child poverty.
Sanctuary Scotland has marked the successful completion of phase one of The Victoria, the redevelopment of the former Victoria Infirmary site in Battlefield, Glasgow, with a ceremony on site. The £29.3 million first phase of the landmark social and affordable housing project in the city has tr
Cairn Housing Association has officially started work on a new housing development in Lambhill, Glasgow, which will deliver 29 modern, energy-efficient homes. The development, located next to Cairn’s existing homes in the area, will include 21 mid-market rent properties and 8 for social rent,
A Glasgow City Council committee has received an update on the council's Private Housing Sector Grant (PHSG) programme. The PHSG programme provides support for private housing to help meet two key objectives of the city's Housing Strategy: to improve the condition of existing housing stock and
Garscadden House in Drumchapel has now been fully acquired by Glasgow City Council, a move that paves the way for the creation of a community hub for the area.
Sanctuary Scotland held two Scottish Housing Day events this week to showcase the importance housing plays in its communities.
Glasgow City Council is to complete the compulsory purchase of three empty homes in Cardonald and Dennistoun and transfer them to local housing associations to be used as social housing to be allocated to homeless people or families. The move is the latest in a programme that has brought thousands o
