Glasgow City Council

The finalists for a Glasgow canalside regeneration contest have been revealed, showcasing innovative designs aimed at transforming underused urban spaces.

A Glasgow City Council committee has approved the compulsory purchase of two houses and two flats that will then be transferred to housing associations who will make them available as social housing. The approval of the compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) for the houses – at 14 Stewarton Road in

Work has started on the final phase of a 15-year regeneration project which will see nearly 60 new homes built in Glasgow.

Clark Contracts has been appointed by Glasgow City Council to the panel of contractors on two lots of its £12 million Statutory Private Property Housing Repairs Framework which is intended to run until 2028. Works awarded on this framework will consist of both internal and external refurbishme

Councillors in Glasgow have agreed a 7.5% increase in Council Tax - 2.5% higher than assumed in last year's budget, with the additional revenue ringfenced to hire hundreds of additional staff in cleansing, parks and other vital services.  

Organisations with proposals for projects which will reduce the amount of Vacant and Derelict Land (VDL) in Glasgow can now apply for funding from the Scottish Government's Vacant and Derelict Land Fund. 

Glasgow City Council and 3Ci have started further development work of Glasgow's Net Zero Neighbourhood programme.

Wheatley Homes Glasgow is taking part in a Glasgow City Council programme aimed at reducing overcrowding and freeing up social housing for families on extended waiting lists. 

The owners of thousands of empty homes across Glasgow are being urged to sell or rent out their properties to help combat the city’s housing emergency.

A Housing Emergency Action Plan has been published in response to the unprecedented challenges facing Glasgow's homelessness service and the declaration of a housing emergency in the city.

A retrofit summit in Glasgow a month from now will look at the work taking place to retrofit homes at individual, community and at-scale levels, with an emphasis on the needs, perspectives and objectives of local projects in Glasgow and the city-region and current themes, policies and practices in

A major community-led project has been completed in Castlemilk Park following significant funding from Scotland’s walking charity, Paths for All, as part of a dedicated active travel fund. 

The roll-out of 500 new on-street cycle storage units in Glasgow will begin early this year after the confirmation of a contract with cycle storage provider Cyclehoop.

Glasgow City Council has approved the off-market disposal of land at four sites in the city to allow the building of new homes, the creation of a dementia-friendly residential development, the expansion of a city business and the generation of public funds. 

Tenants' union Living Rent presented a deputation to Glasgow City Council’s Economy, Housing, Transport and Regeneration City Policy Committee yesterday to call on the local authority to implement the NPF4 and enforce a minimum of 25% affordable housing in all new housing developments.