Glasgow council buys three empty homes for social housing

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Oct, 16:08 · Archive

Glasgow City Council has bought three long-empty properties to use as social housing.

Glasgow City Council has purchased three long-empty homes to convert into social housing. The properties have been vacant for an extended period, with Glasgow Live reporting that the owners of all three have died and no one has yet taken the required legal steps to inherit them.

Glasgow Times reports that the council used compulsory purchase orders to acquire the properties. The move addresses the city's need for additional social housing stock by bringing unused homes back into use.

Glasgow council buys three empty homes for social housing — Image: Glasgow Times

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Glasgow to buy three long-empty homes for social housing through CPOsGlasgow Times · 5 Oct, 15:35
Three more empty Glasgow homes bought by council for use as social housingGlasgow Live · 5 Oct, 11:57

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