Council to CPO Glasgow houses and flats for social housing

The approval of the compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) for the houses - at 14 Stewarton Road in Thornliebank and 96 Woodville Street in Ibrox - and at flats at 785 and 938 Dumbarton Road in Whiteinch, means that four long-term empty homes will now be brought back to productive use.

The Stewarton Road property will now be transferred to Wheatley Homes, who will carry out extensive repairs and refurbishment to the house, removing a blight to the local community and providing additional social housing in the area. The other house at Woodville Street - a large family home - will be repaired and used as social housing by Linthouse Housing Association.

The 785 and 938 Dumbarton Road flats will be transferred to Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association who will repair them - both are in a state of disrepair having lain empty for almost nine years - and use as social homes.

Funding for these acquisitions (where compensation is claimed) and transfer to housing association ownership will be made available from the Scottish Government's Affordable Housing Supply Programme.

Councillor Ruairi Kelly, Convener for Housing and Development at Glasgow City Council, said: "The housing emergency facing Glasgow demands that we use all the powers at our disposal and work with housing associations to add to the city's supply of social housing. The approval of the compulsory purchase of these houses and flats increases this while tackling local blight in our communities, and we can look forward to yet more empty homes being brought back to life."