OVER 1,000 additional affordable homes were built in Glasgow last year through the city’s council’s affordable supply programme (AHSP).
In total 446 affordable homes were approved, 727 started work on site, and 1,011 were completed during the year – exceeding the target, with approvals and starts narrowly missed.
Glasgow City Council explained that targets for approvals and starts were missed largely due to a 23% budget reduction at the start of the financial year, which meant some schemes had to be delayed.
The original £78.687 million grant from the Scottish Government for the work was bolstered during the year by an additional £11.544 million to focus on strategic acquisitions, and a further £3.825 million from the Scottish Government to a final budget of £94.056 million.
Amongst the developments and phases of developments that completed in 2024/25 are the former Victoria Hospital, Sanctuary Housing Association; Calton Village phase one, Wheatley Homes Glasgow; Connal Street, Thenue HA; Shandwick Street, Wheatley Homes Glasgow; Water Row phase one, Govan Housing Association; and Dundashill, West of Scotland Housing Association.
The strategic acquisitions programme enabled housing associations to acquire 100 properties to be occupied by homeless families. A further 70 void or empty properties had works undertaken on them to allow them to be let.
The AHSP also funded over 1,200 medical adaptations to housing association properties, which have allowed residents to stay in their adapted home.
Councillor Ruairi Kelly, convener for housing and development at Glasgow City Council, said, “I am pleased to say that the council has helped deliver more than 1,000 affordable homes in Glasgow in the past year. This has been achieved despite reduced budgets and continued construction inflation.
“Given that we are in a housing emergency, it is more important than ever that we increase the supply of new, high-quality affordable homes in the city. We have done this through successful partnership working with our colleagues in the sector, most notably with the network of housing associations across Glasgow.”
