News 11


New homes transform communities N


Mid-market rent can be a good option too


EW GHA homes across the city are giving tenants modern, spacious places to live.


The first tenants have just moved into 47 new energy-efficient homes for social rent in Pollokshaws Road. Work is also well underway on 152 flats at Hinshelwood Drive in Ibrox and on 130 new homes at Dougrie Drive in Castlemilk, while another 85 homes in Brand Street, Cessnock, should be finished early next year.


Meanwhile, mid-market rent homes, managed by GHA’s partners in Wheatley Group, Lowther Homes, are also being built across the city. Mid-market rent homes are a good option for people on modest incomes who may struggle to afford private rents or buy a place. Work has just finished on 30 mid-market


rent flats at McBeth Street and MacDuff Street in Parkhead, while the former tram depot in Brand Street, Cessnock, is being


GREAT START: Esther Thomson, GHA Chair Bernadette Hewitt, Deirdre Gaughan and Maria Surgeoner celebrate work starting on new Ibrox homes. Above, new GHA homes in Pollokshaws and Castlemilk.


turned into 20 flats for mid-market rent. Those homes should be complete before the end of the year. Meanwhile, work should start later this


year on 46 mid-market rent homes in Burnmouth Road, Barlanark, and 33 at Warriston Street in Carntyne. Work will start shortly on another 65 mid-market rent homes at Ibroxholm Oval


and on converting the historic Bell Street stables in the Merchant City into 52 flats for mid-market rent. For more details on mid-market rent homes, email info@lowtherhomes.com or call 0800 561 6666. GHA’s regeneration boss David Fletcher said: “We’re building more affordable homes than ever before across the city.”


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• Assistance for those eligible to access social funding


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