The plan is for more than 1,800 additional homes to be provided over the next five years following the bid put forward to Scottish government by the council.
The 拢102m bid would see a mix of new homes built by Falkirk Council and other social landlords for their tenants, as well as 鈥榖uying back鈥� former social housing properties. Included in the bid are 613 new build homes and 450 鈥榖uybacks鈥� for Falkirk Council, with the remainder for other social landlords including Link, Paragon, Loretto and Weslo.
Funding for the homes will be predominantly from the council鈥檚 housing investment programme and other social landlords鈥� own financing, with approximately one-third from Scottish government.
Councillor Gordon Hughes, spokesperson for housing, said: 鈥淥ur plan will see hundreds of new homes built across many different locations in the area. More than 1,000 will be built for Falkirk Council tenants and more than 700 for other registered social landlords.
鈥淲e鈥檙e optimistic that we will receive the full funding from Scottish government and help improve our local communities with these properties.鈥�
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