Patrick Harvie, minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights, visited a Glasgow community to see how Wheatley Group is leading the way in driving a green agenda and eliminating fuel poverty. Mr Harvie visited Broomhill to meet staff and tenants of GHA – part of W
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Homes in Glasgow are to benefit from major improvements in energy efficiency thanks to a new net-zero retrofit project by GHA. A total of 36 Canadian timber homes in Drumchapel will benefit from a £1.5 million ‘deep retrofit’ programme.
GHA has transformed the site of a former police station in Main Street, Baillieston, to provide 37 new affordable homes.
Wheatley Group has hailed the work of its ‘Connected Response’ technology – in the form of a small device attached to the wall – which allows people to set the time and temperature for their electric heating. It has been shown to reduce energy use by up to 30% and c
A remarkable conversion of a Victorian council depot to create 52 new homes for affordable rent in the centre of Glasgow has been named as the winner of Historic Environment Scotland’s Conservation and Climate Change Award, a special category award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in S
A GHA tenant who lost his leg to diabetes is enjoying a new lease of life thanks to a wheelchair-adapted home in the neighbourhood where he has lived for decades. At the end of May, Allan McNally and his wife Moira moved into their new home in Kennishead Avenue in the south side of Glasgow after spe
A green infrastructure plan has been considered by Glasgow City Council as part of plans to regenerate North Maryhill to create an attractive, green, climate change resilient and connected neighbourhood.
Glasgow Housing Association concierge Fred Diver has been praised by tenants for growing potatoes "fit for the gods". Mr Diver, a concierge at Nitshill Road in Glasgow, planted seed potatoes in old bags for life and plastic bins. The community has just celebrated its first harvest and the potatoes a
GHA is behind newly submitted plans to create 48 homes for mid-market rent at Milton in north Glasgow.
A new pantry aiming to help people access healthy and affordable food has opened its doors to the community in Castlemilk. The Castlemilk Panty is the latest to spring up in Glasgow, is a much-needed boost for local families and has been driven forward by local housing associations.
Cube Housing Association has formally become part of Glasgow Housing Association (GHA). Earlier this year, 85.8% of Cube tenants who voted in an independent ballot did so in favour of Cube and GHA coming together within Wheatley Group, as one tenant-led organisation in the city.
More than 50 vulnerable men are to be offered new homes after a partnership enabled Lowther Homes, a subsidiary of Wheatley Group, to buy the Bellgrove Hotel, a private hostel in Glasgow's East End.
People and organisations living, based or with an interest in the Gilshochill area of North Maryhill are being given the chance to help shape future plans for the area.
GHA, part of Wheatley Group, is transforming two derelict sites in the southside of Glasgow - bringing 48 new affordable homes to the city. The new homes in Carnwadric and Pollok will all be for social rent.
Cube Housing Association tenants have voted overwhelmingly to join up with Wheatley sister organisations GHA and Loretto. No fewer than 85.5% of Cube tenants in Glasgow, who took part in the independent ballot, voted in favour of joining forces with Scotland’s largest Social Registered Landlor