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McAllister on housing
Friday, 23 February 2007
Cllr Billy McAllisterIn his speech in Thursday's debate Billy McAllister concentrated on housing and the failures of Glasgow Housing Association (GHA).

Key points that he made included:

  • Overcladding and new roofs are being installed even though they are often not needed;
  • Ordinary homeowners are being hit with huge bills for unnecessary cosmetic work that they cannot afford;
  • GHA is far more aggressive than the Council was in pursuing evictions for rent arrears;
  • GHA's management costs are twice that of other housing associations;
  • 30,000 houses are marked for possible eventual demolition over the next 10 to 20 years. These houses need investment but will not get any.
He concluded that GHA has been a failure although some councillors still pretend otherwise (at least in public!).
 
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