§ 54. Mr. Michael J. MartinTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what provision he is making to improve public housing for families in Springburn.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonAs the statutory housing authority, Glasgow district council is responsible for determining its own policies and programmes for dealing with improvements to its housing stock. This year the council received a gross capital allocation of £89.3 million for investment in its own housing stock. The council also has additional resources available through a covenant scheme providing £140 million over a five-year period.
The Housing Corporation has made £4.4 million available in the current year to the Springburn and Possilpark housing association programme, of which £3.8 million will go towards family housing and owner-occupation. The association has five rehabilitation schemes on site, at a total cost of £5.5 million, which will provide 165 housing units, 104 of which will be for general needs.
The association is also progressing a new build scheme for shared ownership which will provide 49 units at a cost of £1.6 million, towards which the corporation has committed a subsidy of 15 per cent.
The Scottish special housing association is landlord of 848 properties in Springburn and has recently completed a new build development of 26 amenity flats in the area.