Hundreds of residents are to be moved out of their council properties in Aberdeen after they have been discovered to comprise probably harmful concrete panels.
Around 500 properties within the metropolis’s Balnagask space have been recognized as having strengthened autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) panels following an inspection final 12 months, together with 364 council properties of which 299 are occupied by tenants.
Aberdeen City Council mentioned it acquired an impartial structural engineers’ report on 22 February with a suggestion to relocate council tenants to various lodging “as soon as possible”.
The council mentioned officers are “currently exploring options for the long-term viability for the site, which include remedial works or demolition”. An in depth appraisal is predicted to be offered to the council inside six months.
The findings have been thought of by the native authority’s pressing enterprise committee on Thursday.
Councillors accepted a suggestion from officers that tenants be completely rehomed.
The committee requested officers to be out there to have interaction with council tenants to “understand their individual needs and to support them through the next steps”.
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The native authority mentioned it has written to council tenants, inviting them to satisfy with a housing and help officer of their house.
Owners and personal tenants have additionally been contacted and provided help to debate their housing choices.
The committee agreed to put aside an preliminary £3m to cowl the rehoming programme.
Councillor Miranda Radley mentioned: “This is an incredibly difficult situation for everyone living in a RAAC affected property, but the council will be doing everything we can to support our tenants during this hugely challenging time.
“These are individuals’s properties and we have to guarantee we help our tenants, but additionally interact with homeowners and privately rented tenants, to maintain them knowledgeable on this matter.”
Source: information.sky.com”