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james73 · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: £83m drive to build 1400 homes

£83m drive to build 1400 homes (Evening Times)

ALMOST 1400 houses are to be built in Glasgow to provide more rented
accommodation.

The £83million package will finance a range of projects including the
upgrading of some existing houses.

Glasgow City Council has been awarded the cash by the Scottish
Government. Council chiefs say they want to concentrate on making
more houses available for social rent and low cost ownership.

There will be a total of 1340 new houses - 950 for rent and 390 for
private ownership. On top of that 110 houses will have improvements
carried out.

George Ryan, the council's executive member for development and
regeneration, said: "The council's housing strategy aims to offer residents
a choice when it comes to socially rented accommodation and home
ownership."

Although Glasgow City Council is no longer responsible for building
houses it has responsibility for the city's overall housing stock.

The houses are owned and managed by Glasgow Housing Association and
a number of other housing associations. The projects set to be given the
go-ahead were submitted to the council by housing associations.

They include a number of sites which will provide 465 new homes to GHA
tenants whose houses are part of the agency's demolition programme.
It is the first phase of houses for GHA tenants who are being cleared from
their homes.

The houses will be built on sites all over Glasgow. One of the largest is an
80-home development at the junction of Dunn Street, Reid Street and
Rumford Street in Dalmarnock. Other sites include Manse Brae in
Cathcart, Murano Street in Ruchill, and the junction of Lymburn Street
and Argyle Street in Cranstonhill.

James H
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james73 · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:

TO LET . . . £83m Glasgow boost for cheap rental housing (Evening Times)

ALMOST 1400 houses are to be built in Glasgow to provide more rented
accommodation.

The £83million package will finance a range of projects including the
upgrading of some existing houses.

Glasgow City Council has been awarded the cash by the Scottish
Government and council chiefs say they want to concentrate on making
more houses available for social rent and low cost ownership.

There will be a total of 1340 new houses - 950 for rent and 390 for
private ownership. On top of that 110 houses will have improvements
carried out.

George Ryan, the council's executive member for development and
regeneration, said: "As the city's strategic housing authority, we have
responsibility for shaping the future of housing provision within the city.

"The council's housing strategy aims to offer residents a choice when it
comes to socially rented accommodation and home ownership."

"Through the development funding programme we are able to provide a
substantial number of new affordable homes for rent and low cost
ownership."

Although Glasgow City Council is no longer responsible for building
houses it has responsibility for the city's overall housing stock.

The houses are owned and managed by Glasgow Housing Association and
a number of other housing associations.

The projects set to be given the go-ahead were submitted to the council
by housing associations.

James H
_________________
Happiness ain't at the end of the road - Happiness *IS* the road...