Solutions To Housing In Glasgow Flashcards
Sight hill development
Garden bridge built to connect sight hill to the CBD allowing for better access to colleges, universities and jobs
Building outdoor places like parks and leasure centres
A mix of 600 private homes will be built and 200 mid market rental homes
Homes fully insulated with solar panels and fuel efficient heating
Athletes village with 1400 legacy homes and 400 social housing from the common wealth games 2014
The problems
Tower blocks
Homelessness
Education
Pressure on greenbelt
Rental homes
Older people
Buying (right to buy)
Landlords
Education (student accommodation)
Migration
Single people
Dalmarnock
Police presence reduces crime in the area
Legacy hub had community centre gp, dentist and pharmacy built to increase the physical and mental heath of the community - shut down in 2019
New tenements have communal gardens and open space unlike high rises
Regeneration of 56 hectares area will cost £250 million
Advantages of housing development
All legacy homes sold
Increased home ownership
Employment opportunities as commercial units are built
Work placements for people
Reusing old buildings to make space for housing (Olympia opera)
3000 jobs available at emirates arena
Disadvantages of housing development
During construction of the athletes village people were forced out of their homes
Far less affordable housing than old sight hill
Will cost the government £250 million
Legacy hub closed in 2019 as owners went into administration
No services for local residents
Issues with housing in Glasgow
High rise flats suffer from damp and mold
High rises know for anti social behaviour
Due to the inner city being built in Victorian times housing was very close to places of work
Students would buy flats that could of housed whole families
Migration leads to increased population
Homeless as houses are demolished
Land lords buy homes and rent them out at increased prices
People had the right to buy their council home and make it private at a discount
