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Wheatley Homes Glasgow (formerly Glasgow Housing Association or GHA) is the largest social landlord in Scotland with 40,000 homes across Glasgow. [1] Wheatley Homes Glasgow is a not-for-profit company created in 2003 by the then Scottish Executive for the purpose of owning and managing Glasgow's social housing stock.
The houses are now either privately owned or mainly run by Wheatley Homes Glasgow. [1] The community is represented by the Wyndford Residents Union, who oppose the proposed demolition of four high-rise tower blocks in the area [2] and are, as of March 2024, involved in a legal dispute with Glasgow City Council over the demolition. [3]
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The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5.c. 35) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.. The act built upon the previous Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919, by increasing government subsidies to be paid to local authorities to build municipal housing for rent for low paid workers from £6 to £9.
Deaconsbank is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow.It is situated south of the River Clyde.The main feature of the area, which falls into the Greater Pollok ward of Glasgow City Council and directly borders the East Renfrewshire council region, [1] is an estate of around 639 private houses built in the late 1970s by Barratt Developments, prior to which the area was open farmland. [2]
Quarrier is best known for his charitable work. In 1871 he opened a night refuge for homeless children in Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Then in 1876, using charitable donations, mainly from his rich friend Arthur Francis Stoddard owner of Stoddard Carpets International [4] Quarrier began to build the Orphan Homes of Scotland on a piece of land now in Inverclyde and between the villages of Kilmacolm ...