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AN East End man is in a battle against proposed rent increases at his housing association. Dennistoun resident Paul Leese called on fellow Reidvale Housing Association (RHA) tenants to reject proposals for a £1.23 increase in their weekly rent. Currently, residents of RHA homes in the city’s Dennistoun, pay around £64.90 a week to the social landlord but Paul, a former engineer, fears residents will accept the “relatively small” but above inflation increase. He said: “They send the letter every year, I fill it out rejecting it and it goes up. “It doesn’t affect me as much but I want to fight for the other tenants. I got made redundant after a mini-stroke so I went on pension credits, so my rent is paid.
Alexandros Washburn, the former chief planner for the City
of New York who now leads Brooklyn-based design firm DRAW Brooklyn, has
unveiled a plan to build a mixed used housing and manufacturing development in
Red Hook.
Called the Model Block, the plan aims to transform a vacant warehouse at 145 Wolcott Street into a 210-unit apartment complex with 65,675 s/f of light manufacturing space and 74,325 s/f of commercial space including restaurant, shops, maker space and creative office space.
ALEXANDROS WASHBURN
Washburn has partnered with Washington D.C.-based development firm Four Points, LLC on the project. He also worked with architects Arquitectonica, AE Superlab and Marpillero Pollak Architects on the design, which he has already shown to hundreds of local residents and community groups as part of an ambitious outreach to secure support.
Community centre in heart of Ferguslie Park nominated for top national award
The Tannahill Centre has been working tirelessly to support the community throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Tannahill Centre delivered goody bags to the community to celebrate its 25th Anniversary (Image: PDE)
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