Govanhill Housing Association

Govanhill Housing Association The Association is a community-controlled social landlord operating in the Govanhill and Merrylee neighbourhoods of Glasgow.

We own and manage more than 2,400 homes for social rent and we factor a further 1,400 privately owned properties. Registered in 1974, the Association’s roots lie in Glasgow’s policy of large-scale demolitions of slum housing from the late 1950s/1960s onwards. Some communities, including Govanhill, largely escaped the bulldozers but there was no political, strategic or financial plan in place to de

al with the appalling housing conditions that remained. By 1974, legislation and funding structures finally caught up with the need to deal with sub-tolerable tenement housing. The local authority acquired powers to declare housing action areas for Improvement, and grants became available to buy and refurbish tenement housing. This facilitated a new breed of housing associations – Govanhill among them – which acted as buyers, developers, and managers of tenement housing. Led by local residents, these housing associations were to become renewal agents in working class communities throughout Glasgow and a shining example of people power in action.

Address

79 Coplaw Street
Glasgow
G427JG

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441416363636

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