Scheme of Assistance
Glasgow's Aim for Better Housing
One of Glasgow City Council’s strategic housing aims is to:
“raise the City’s housing in all tenures to satisfactory standards with affordable costs”. This includes private sector housing both tenanted and owner occupied.
Much of the City’s housing stock was built before the first World War and while substantial progress has been made by improving the traditional sandstone tenements, many properties are still sub tolerable or are affected by disrepair and dampness.
Improvement and repair grants were established to assist and encourage owners to upgrade their living conditions and to retain this valuable housing asset for future generations.
Development Funding is provided to support Social Housing providers such as housing associations in the City and to encourage innovation and new build by developers and housing providers as part of the City regeneration.
Glasgow Housing Association
Owners involved in GHA programmes of common works of improvement/repairs are eligible for grant assistance. The Scottish Government have determined that such grant consideration will be funded separately from all other grant categories. Owners eligible for grant assistance in this category should contact the GHA for the appropriate grant application form.
Housing Investment staff are responsible for monitoring the condition of the older private housing stock. Where disrepair, lack of maintenance or sub-tolerable conditions are found owners will be encourages to undertake the necessary work, however, where this does not happen the Council may use its statutory powers to enforce action.