Glasgow Residents Network. Updates
Read open letter from
Cedar Tenants Association
More information here Homes not houses
Housing conference Saturday February10th 2007
Residents in the news - Struggles and victories
Anderston Flats Demolition Fight :-
http://tinyurl.com/39v6wv
VAT scam exposed :- THOUSANDS of Glasgow homeowners could be given back hundreds of pounds after claims they have been overcharged for repairs.
http://tinyurl.com/2jwy5l
SCOTLAND'S biggest housing factor may have to refund up to £2million to customers as a result of a tax blunder.
http://tinyurl.com/35wc2q
Townhead Parking Problems Caused By Shortsighted Hospital Car Park Privatisation :-
RESIDENTS on a housing estate are calling for an end to a parking nightmare sparked by workers and students dumping their cars on their doorstep.
http://tinyurl.com/3xfx2s
THIS is the scene that shows the parking misery faced by residents and commuters after charges were imposed around Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
http://tinyurl.com/2lh36v
Homeowners Keep Up Fight:-DEFIANT homeowners have vowed to call the police to stop workmen carrying out enforced refurbishment work on their properties.
http://tinyurl.com/2th28m
HUNDREDS of homeowners are launching a fight to be allowed five years to pay for housing repair bills.
http://tinyurl.com/2p35sh
Brigton Residents in Struggle To Safeguard Home Improvements :-FURIOUS residents are vowing to defy demands for them to tear down additions to their homes.
http://tinyurl.com/3cssho
Anger At Late Night Treefelling :- ANGRY families in Glasgow are being woken up in the middle of the night by workers felling trees with chainsaws.
http://tinyurl.com/3dpydp
Tesco Struggle Continues :- Residents and traders in the west end of Glasgow are campaigning against plans by Tesco to build a massive retail and housing development at the foot of Byres Road.
http://tinyurl.com/2r2rbb
Outrageous Tesco Demolish Listed Building Which Blocked Their Application :-
In a comment on our website Wendy writes: "How could they pull it down!!! today I walked along Partick Bridge street to find a huge gap where the Partick Auction House was until this morning! Why when there have been so many complaints/objections can tesco be allowed to demolish a building that should in my opinion have been listed! It saddens me to think that in this age the objections of us mere mortals are still trampled on by big companies & governments obsessed with making a quick £, This building will be sorely missed by residents in Partick…yet another piece of history destroyed! and it's interesting to note that no demolition signs were present on the building and that a fence was only erected around it on friday…hhmmmm?"
The Evening Times and the Herald cover the story :- SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has been accused of "sneaky behaviour" after it demolished a historic Glasgow rail station at 7am on a Sunday.
http://tinyurl.com/2kewok
BUILDING conservationists have reacted angrily after demolition work began on a historic railway station built on land subjected to a controversial supermarket plan by Tesco.
http://tinyurl.com/3dwb4h
Society and Beyond Glasgow
10 Glasgow Homeless Hostels Infested With Cockroaches :- A GLASGOW couple who were staying at a homeless hostel were horrified when they found a cockroach in their baby's milk.
http://tinyurl.com/3chuf3
Estimated Repairs Cost at Dundasvale :- Repairs at Dundasvale flats to cost more than £3.6m
http://tinyurl.com/36bm9t
Gated Communities :-
There are now more than a thousand gated communities in England - most of them built in the past five years alone. What does this steel-fenced property boom tell us about the society in which we live? Paul Vallely reports
http://tinyurl.com/32k995
http://tinyurl.com/3cp75s
Homelessness
Repossessions Soar 65% :- THE number of homes repossessed in Scotland rose by 65% last year, new figures show.
The news comes on the back of the news that the number of evictions in Glasgow has doubled.
http://tinyurl.com/2feyc4
The French have come to Glasgow to learn about homelessness. Senior French government officials have visited a leading housing project in Scotland's largest city to gain tips on the battle against homelessness.
http://tinyurl.com/yshhzv
Is there anything we can learn from France? :-
http://tinyurl.com/2zof5g
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