Work restarts on pioneering Glasgow homes for people with disabilities

A housing provider has returned on-site to complete 24 accessible homes in Glasgow, which will help to transform the lives of people with disabilities.Blackwood’s Helenvale development with Cruden Homes is a ground-breaking combination of accessible, affordable and digitally-connected two-bedroom homes which will maximise independent living for people of all ages and abilities. The development was suspended because of lockdown and is resuming under the new guidance for construction.The development at Glamis Road – in partnership with the Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership – is the latest collection of Blackwood Homes, which aims to provide a model for how specialist accommodation aimed at maximising independent living could look post-COVID.Each home will be integrated with Blackwood’s digital care system, which, in addition to controlling the smart home technology and facilitating remote GP and care appointments, can also be used to enable customers to communicate with family, friends, and carers, and access the internet.The Helenvale site is being developed by Cruden Homes with the aim for completion by the end of September.The first example of the Blackwood House, with its accompanying Design Guide, was launched in Dundee in June 2017. Blackwood has a programme to build up to 140 more Blackwood Houses in Dundee, Edinburgh and other areas of Scotland over the next few years, with very high demand for more of these homes.