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The Gorbals

New Gorbals Housing Association has turned to THFC on two occasions for its ongoing regeneration plans across Glasgow, securing a second tranche of funding at a record-low interest rate.

New Gorbals HA is community controlled, established by local residents in 1989. Its mission is the regeneration of the Gorbals, an area once known for its poor-quality housing blocks, with a particular focus on developing new homes on land left vacant after the demolition of public housing.

Now, thanks to New Gorbals, it is a thriving area. In 2019 the Gorbals hosted a day of activities for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s conference on city living, at New Gorbals HA’s new development.

The first wave involved a £6.1m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) during the first phase of the Affordable Housing Guarantee Scheme, run by Affordable Housing Finance Plc, to aid the association’s ongoing regeneration of the Gorbals neighbourhood of Glasgow.

Crown Street was the site for this regenerative development, with 28 new homes for social rent, a public piazza, and a new office development for New Gorbals’ headquarters. The project was shortlisted for a Social Impact Award by the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors.

The successful development of Crown Street also opened the door to significant investment by Glasgow City Council in jobs and training, with the creation of six new jobs, two apprenticeships and twelve work placements.

The second wave of funding came in June 2020, when THFC lent another £4.5m to New Gorbals at a record low rate of 1.998% to support the development of 33 social homes at North Gate, which will form a landmark entrance building to Glasgow’s city centre. Funding also went toward the retrofit and modernisation of 300 high rise flats at Riverside.

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