Wheatley unveils five-year housing and jobs plan for West Dunbartonshire

Wheatley Group has unveiled an ambitious five-year strategy which will see hundreds of new homes and jobs created in West Dunbartonshire.The plans, which are the first of a series of launches in Wheatley Group’s key areas of operation, will also see a multi-million pound investment in existing homes in the area and new and improved services to tenants and factored homeowners.The massive new-build programme is a direct result of Wheatley’s strategic housing partnership with West Dunbartonshire Council.The ambitious five-year strategy will see:400 affordable homes built in West Dunbartonshire;up to 600 new jobs and training places created or supported;more than £2.6 million invested in existing homes.Wheatley also announced it is to open a new Cube Housing Association office in Dumbarton town centre. The other Wheatley organisations that operate in West Dunbartonshire are Loretto Housing, YourPlace Property Management, Lowther Homes, which has a portfolio of largely mid-market apartments and Loretto Care.Councillor David McBride, convener of housing and communities, said: “It is extremely pleasing to see the Wheatley Group set out its strategy for delivering new housing throughout West Dunbartonshire over the next five years.