Glasgow’s changing housing

www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/

YourHome/HousingOptions/

Information Level D

Glasgow City Council website.
Your Housing Options.

What different housing options do you have? Which would you choose? Why?

www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/

Business/Housing/

Information Level D

Glasgow City Council website.
Housing Strategy.

Find out about housing investment, local housing and older private housing in Glasgow.

www.gha.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1

Information Level D

Glasgow Housing Association website.

Go to Housing Services.
What are the key objectives in developing a modern housing service?
Do you think Glasgow Housing Association are succeeding with this? Why?

www.greatereasterhouse.co.uk/
community/housing.html

Information Level D

Local Housing Associations.

Find the details of Housing Associations in Easterhouse.
Go to GEN R 8 (Greater Easterhouse New Routes) What service do they offer young people?

www.theglasgowstory.com/storyf.php

Information Level D

The Glasgow Story. 1950s to present day.

Describe Glasgow Housing in 1950s. What changes took place? Why?

www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/glasgow_housing.htm

Information Level D

Architecture of housing.

Scroll down to Glasgow Council Housing – History to read a summary of the changes to Glasgow Housing.

www.bestlaidschemes.com/

Information Level D

The Bruce Plan redesigned the city of Glasgow from slums to schemes.

Was Glasgow better or worse for the Bruce plan? You choose film clips. You watch the evidence - then make your mind up.

www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/
index.php?a=subject

Photo Information Level C

Housing. Slum housing. Historic Buildings

Click on any of these subjects to see historic photos of housing in Glasgow.

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/

month/june2004.html

Photo Information Level C/D

Glasgow Panorama Photos of Glasgow’s West End 100 years ago.

What do these photos tell us about housing in the west end of Glasgow 100 years ago.

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/Mar2006.html

Photo Information Level D

The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow 1868 - 1871.

Why would it have been difficult to live in these slum conditions?

www.scan.org.uk/education/
housing/topic1.htmlPhoto

Information Level D

Public Health and Housing.

A photo and written evidence about housing conditions in Scotland in the 1860s?
Use the evidence to answer the questions.

www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/
scotlandonfilm/media_clips/index_topic.shtml?
topic=newlife&subtopic=new_towns

Film Information Level C/D

BBC Scotland on film.

Watch films from 1949 onwards about the redevelopment of Glasgow housing and other areas.