There is no parking available for the residents within these blocks other than walking to and from George Street. To access these flats the residents need to also navigate 4 steps at the laundrette or walk all the way around the building on George Street if they are not able to manage the steps. Having parking bays would help anyone in these buildings with mobility issues and they could apply to have the bays designated as disabled bays.

There is an issue with cars parking along this street and blocking the bin lorry so this would also alleviate this issue and provide better access for the bin lorry.  

If budget is limited and can't be issued to all tenants then issued to the most vulnerable tenants for example, pensioners, families with young children and/or fleeing domestic violence. Other vulnerable groups - single female tenants or people who are registered with having additional needs.

Essentially, I have to use my own circumstances as the example of an issue that affects many council tenants in especially mixed occupancy blocks and tenements within the capture area.

I live in a first floor tenement flat with a privately let flat above me. I moved in July 2024. Within a month, the tenants above had flooded my bathroom. The same thing happened 6 months later. They flooded my kitchen during August '25 and in the last 2 months there has been an intermittent leakage again in the bathroom.

Also when I moved in, the back yard, entry doors and communal areas were all in dire need of maintainence. I reported several issues, including a boarded up landing window which meant the stairwell was in total darkness for several hours each day.

I was informed that, as the top 2 flats were private landlord-owned, all that could be done was to contact them by letter and if they didn't reply then no remedial work could be carried out as the landlords were each liable for ⅙ of the costs. The flooding was "repaired" not by a landlord but by the tenant and not very well at that.

It took an incident with a crack addict on the stairs and the argument that the doors and window constituted a serious health hazard and a potential fire hazard (physical attack and the upper floor occupants being trapped by fire) for these issues to be partially resolved. The unmaintained back yard and fly tipping became an article in the papers before anything was done - in the spring of this year we had a SERIOUS infestation of vermin (which the housing officer tried to dismiss as non-existent) and some illegal multiple occupancy residents dumping their filthy furniture ( 5 beds, freezer, mattresses, etc).

My proposal is a way to hopefully identify those properties which are being structurally damaged by the inaction of landlords other than the Council.

A survey team to be created (with a company unaffiliated to existing contacts) to visit any properties that have a record of ongoing repair requests/unresolved complaints. The private landlords issued with a notice that said team will require access to the properties they own and, should they not reply, they be issued with a compulsory entry. 

Checks to be carried out on the ongoing issues (in my case, for example, it would be plumbing and structural woodwork like floorboards and joists) any checks that could be made externally performed first.

Any issues found then are put forward for compulsory repair within a specified period and the contractors used or employed by the council be used and the landlord given a competitive rate for the repairs.

Any communal repairs to be completed and a compulsory bill be issued to the landlord with legal action threatened if not paid.

I have no formal knowledge of the law viewpoint but my main objective here is to identify shoddy or non-existent repairs that are causing further, more serious repairs which may entail a building being vacated. Another issue in my block is a damaged water main,  leaking for over a year, checked by the water company and ascertained to be within the building and therefore the Council's responsibility, despite being reported twice, has been ignored - the potential of wet rot in the timber components, erosion to foundations and damage in the roof space being very real.

It should also minimise the never ending circle of report-review-appointment-report-non-action-report-review, etc. 

The first year budget could be spent on the establishment of the survey team, the notifications and follow-up administration and the start of the investigations with the second and third year being the actual repairwork, budgeted to whichever repair team required.

The involvement of the landlords and the competitive costings by the council should be self sustaining or run at a slight loss to be offset going forward with a reduction of upkeep damage being caused by problems outwith the Councild remit.

If the option of a fine system for non-compliance was possible, it could offset any overall loss plus landlords having property insurance (supposedly mandatory but....) to fall back on to make the overall budget pot more financially stable.

A second,much simpler, proposal is to insulate and sound-proof any properties that have had asbestos removed and not replaced and any outdated insulation (the tenements on Ferguson Street, for example, have in some instances where the original 30's straw bundles is still in evidence, which in itself is surely a fire hazard? Which could invalidate both council/landlords insurance and tenants private insurance?

I thank you for taking time to read this and, should you wish to contact me for any further information or input, please don't hesitate to contact me on the information below.

While there is a patio area for residents of Altpatrick Gardens to enjoy, this requires an upgrady of plants, vegistable garden and new seating area. A shade area would be beneficial such as a retractable awning. 

I would like to request that the buildings not included in the current regeneration programme be painted so they visually align with the newly regenerated buildings.

Improving their appearance will help the area look more cleaner, more cohesive and well cared for. At the moment these unpainted

Get the council gardens kept cleaned up and tidy. Local shops need to be held accountable regarding state of rubbish which is causing a knock of effect of attracting vermin

place is needing tided up and streets cleaned