Scottish Housing News

New podcast episode If you could cut your tenants’ heating bills by 80%, you would, wouldn’t you? That’s what River Clyde Homes think they’ve achieved at a multi-storey block with 91 flats on the wild and windy hill above Greenock. So Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay got in the car and went to see chief executive Richard Turnock and head of energy & sustainability Duncan Smith, as well as Ryan Ferrier, design manager from Kier Construction, for a guided tour of their energy centre and the fabulously refurbished Prospecthill Court, which is now a very desirable multi. More details click here: https://lnkd.in/eCQV8nrX Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode here: https://lnkd.in/epX9TqRb

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Cairn Housing Association’s chief executive Audrey Simpson has spoken out against the UK government’s planned £5 billion welfare cuts, warning they will have devastating consequences for disabled people and those already struggling to make ends meet.

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building (Glasgow) LLP, a joint venture between Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Group, has reported a £16 million loss amid rising costs and unforeseen operational expenses.

The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has hit out at a series of failed measures to address the cladding crisis in England with thousands of unsafe buildings still yet to be identified eight years on from Grenfell and a serious under-estimation of the impact its policies are having on the delivery of new homes.

Plans to regenerate the iconic Govan Graving Docks have received strong backing as they go before Glasgow City Council’s Planning Committee.

With the Scottish Government’s latest budget largely welcomed for restoring crucial funding for affordable housing and increasing support for medical adaptations, concerns have been raised that older people remain at risk as support services struggle. Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Ltd Angela Currie

Clyde Valley Housing Association has announced the recipients of its Community Opportunity Fund, which was launched earlier this year to support grassroots projects within the North Motherwell community.

Prospect Community Housing Ltd has completed the purchase of 15 two-bedroom flats for social rent from J Smart and Co. (Contractors) PLC.