Affordable housing in Renfrewshire

What affordable housing is, new affordable housing developments, completed affordable housing sites, future housing developments in Renfrewshire.

What affordable housing is

Affordable housing comes in a variety of tenures. It includes homes for social rent from the Council and Housing Associations, as well as homes for affordable rent like Mid-Market Rent, plus affordable home ownership, such as shared equity and shared ownership.

Within Renfrewshire, there are a small number of properties available for mid-market rent. These are more expensive than Council or Housing Association rents but cost less than similar sized houses for private rent. The Link Group Limited currently have mid-market rent properties. If you are interested in this, please contact the Link Group on: 03451 400 100 or visit: www.linkhousing.org.uk.

The Open Market Shared Equity Scheme (OMSE/LIFT) helps first-time buyers on low to moderate incomes to buy a home on the open market within certain price thresholds.

The New Supply Shared Equity Scheme (low cost home ownership) can help low to moderate households buy a new build home developed as part of the Scottish Government's Affordable Housing Supply Programme; part of the Council's Strategic Housing Investment Programme

If you would like to apply for social rented housing from the Council you should contact your local housing office or phone: 0300 300 0222. If you would like to apply to a housing association for housing to see their contact details.

New affordable housing developments

The Scottish Government allocates grant funding to local authority areas through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, with this funding used to support the delivery of new build affordable homes across Renfrewshire. Affordable homes can include those built by either the Council or housing association partners for social rent, mid-market rent or shared equity low cost home ownership.

Renfrewshire's current Strategic Housing Investment Plan sets out how investment in affordable housing will be targeted to meet the objectives of Renfrewshire's Local Housing Strategy.

Completed affordable housing sites

The following developments were completed from April 2016 onwards.

Completed affordable housing sites
Development	Landlord	Completed	Description
Thrushcraigs, Paisley Phase I	Link Group Limited	2016/2017 financial year	70 one to three bed houses - including 4 designed for wheelchair users, of which 56 are for social rent and 14 for New Supply Shared Equity (NSSE)
Abbey Place, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2016/2017 financial year	38 one to two bed flats for independent living, including 3 designed for wheelchair users. Aimed at retirement living, 13 are for social rent and 25 are New Supply Shared Equity homes.
Andrew Avenue, Renfrew Phase I	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	2017/2018 financial year	77 general needs homes for social rent. This development consists of 59, two and three bed houses and 18 two bed flats.
Inchinnan Road (Western Park), Renfrew	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	2018/2019 financial year	67 general needs homes for social rent. This development consists of 34 two and three bed houses and 33 two bed flats.
Andrew Avenue (Station Road), Renfrew Phase II	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	2018/2019 financial year	A development of 60 general needs homes for social rent, consisting of 33 two and three bedroom houses and 27 two bedroom flats.
Wellmeadow Street, Paisley	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	2019/2020 financial year	This is a development of 39 homes for social rent, comprising 15 two and three bed houses and 24 one, two and three bed flats all for general needs.
Love Street, Paisley	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	2019/2020 financial year	132 two and three bed homes, of which 103 are for social rent and 29 New Supply Shared Equity (NSSE), all for general needs.
New Sneddon Street, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2019/2020 financial year	24, two bedroom general needs flats for social rent located on ground to third floor.
Abbey Quarter Phase III - Smithhills Street, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2020/2021 financial year	A development of 26 two bed flats for social rent, including 10 amenity flats for older people.
Dargavel Village Phase I, Bishopton	Renfrewshire Council	2020/2021 financial year	A development of 80 homes for social rent, comprising of 9 two bed amenity flats, 10 one bed and 16 two bed cottage flats, 9 two bed, 34 three bed and 2 four bed houses.
Milliken Road, Kilbarchan	Williamsburgh Housing Association	2020/2021 financial year	A development of 18 general needs homes, comprising of 14 one and 4 two bedroom cottage flats for social rent.
Johnstone Castle Phase I, Johnstone	Renfrewshire Council	2021/2022 financial year	Providing 95 homes for social rent as part of the regeneration of Johnstone Castle, this development delivered 4 one bed and 16 two bed cottage flats, 2 two bed bungalows, 49 two bed, 20 three bed and 4 four bed houses to meet local needs.
Amochrie Road, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2021/2022 financial year	A 36 unit development consisting of 34 two bedroom four person general needs flats and 2 two bedroom 3 person wheelchair accessible flats.
Thrushcraigs Phase II - St Ninian's Crescent, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2021/2022 financial year	A development of 23 homes for social rent, comprising of 2 and 3 bed houses and 2 bed flats, 2 of which will be wheelchair accessible.
Westerfield, Paisley	Paisley Housing Association	2021/2022 financial year	16 one bed, two person amenity flats; including 4 wheelchair accessible flats, for older people in the High Calside area of Paisley.
Glenburn, Paisley	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association & Paisley Housing Association	2022/2023 financial year	A larger development of 131 affordable homes. Sanctuary Housing Association delivered 79 homes for social rent, consisting of 1 bed cottage flats, 2 and 3 bed houses and two 2 and two 3 bed wheelchair accessible bungalows. There were also 22 two and three bedroom general needs New Supply Shared Equity homes. Paisley Housing Association delivered 30 new homes for social rent consisting of two 2 bed wheelchair accessible houses and 17 two bed and 11 three bed general needs houses.
Millarston, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2022/23 financial year	A larger development delivering 99 new affordable homes for social rent, comprising of 1 and 2 bedroom flats and cottage flats and 2, 3 and 4 bedroom houses. There are 10 wheelchair accessible homes within this development.
Auchengreoch Road, Johnstone	Renfrewshire Council	2022/23 financial year	A development of 39 Council homes for social rent, consisting of one and two bed cottage flats - a proportion of which are wheelchair accessible, plus two bed, three bed and four bed houses for general needs.
Dargavel Village Phase II, Bishopton	Loretto Housing Association	2022/2023 financial year	A development of 58 homes for social rent, comprising of 1 bed amenity cottage flats, 2 and 3 bed houses.
Albert Road, Renfrew	Williamsburgh Housing Association	2022/2023 financial year	A development of 42 new homes for social rent, consisting of 2 and 3 bed houses, including two 2 bedroom wheelchair accessible bungalows.
Ferguslie Park, Paisley	Renfrewshire Council	2023/2023 financial year	The regeneration of the Tannahill area of Ferguslie Park delivered 101 affordable homes to rehouse existing households who had been displaced as part of the regeneration of the area. The majority of homes are social rented with a very small number of NSSE for existing owners whose homes were being demolished. The development consists of 1 and 2 bed cottage flats, 2, 3 and 4 bed back and front door houses and 1 and 2 bed bungalows.
Abbey Quarter Phase IV - Smithhills Street, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2023/2024 financial year	A development of 81 homes for social rent across six blocks comprising of 20 two bedroom amenity flats - two of which will be fully adaptable wheelchair amenity flats. Ten one bedroom and 46 two bedroom general needs flats and five two bedroom fully adaptable wheelchair flats.
Houston Road, Houston	Link Group Limited	2023/2024 financial year	A development of 14 general needs flats for social rent delivering 7 two bedroom 3 person ground floor cottage flats and 7 two bedroom 4 person first floor cottage flats, within a wider development for private sale.

Developments currently on site

Current affordable housing developments on site
Development	Landlord	Expected completion date (subject to change)	Description
Napier Street, Linwood	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	2024/2025 financial year	A development of 51 homes for social rent across a wider site. This will deliver 2 bed cottage flats and 2 and 3 bed houses.
East Lane, Paisley	Loretto Housing Association	2024/2025 financial year	A development of 48 flats for social rent. This will deliver 1 and 2 bed flats, including 4 two bedroom, 3 person flats suited to wheelchair users.
Sutherland Street and Underwood Lane, Paisley	Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association	2024/2025 financial year	A further phase of the regeneration of Paisley's West End, which will deliver 16 two and three bed terraced houses and 19 two bed flats for social rent.
Hawkhead, Paisley	Link Group Limited	2025/2026 financial year	A development of 30 flats for social rent across a wider private site, delivering 4 two bedroom 4 person flats and 26 two bedroom 3 person flats for general needs.
Cartha Crescent, Paisley	Williamsburgh Housing Association	2025/2026 financial year	A development of 33 houses for social rent delivering 12 two bed houses and 21 three bed houses.
Johnstone Castle Phase Two, Johnstone	Link Group Limited	2026/2027 financial year	The second and final phase of the regeneration of Johnstone Castle that will provide 68 new social rented homes. This is comprised of 2 and 3 bed flats and houses for general needs with wheelchair accessible properties also being provided as part of this development.

Future developments

In addition to the sites noted above, there a are number of new developments within the Strategic Housing Investment Plan that are currently being advanced and will appear here once they have commenced on site.

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