Housing – Stuart McMillan MSP

Affordable housing will remain top priority under SNP

The SNP’s candidate for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, welcomes his party’s commitment to deliver 100,000 affordable homes in Scotland over the next decade. Other key SNP housing commitments include investing £1.6bn in the next parliament to decarbonise the heating of homes and other buildings, and ensuring that by 2026 all new homes delivered by […]

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McMillan highlights financial support for tenants during FMQs

During FMQs today, Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde highlighted the Scottish Government’s £10m Tenant Hardship Loan Fund – which provides financial assistance to private and social sector tenants who are experiencing difficulties paying their rent because of COVID-19. Stuart raised this question after being contacted by a local letting agency on behalf of […]

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Inverclyde MSP welcomes proposed delay to fire alarm regulations

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan, has welcomed the announcement that new legislation, which requires all homes in Scotland to have interlinked smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, will be delayed until February 2022. The Scottish Government recently confirmed that it will ask Parliament to approve a 12-month delay in the deadline to carry out this important […]

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Inverclyde Council handed new powers to tackle unregistered lettings market

SNP OUTLINE PLAN TO REGULATE SHORT-TERM LETS Stuart McMillan MSP has backed an announcement from the Scottish Government that local councils will be given new powers to licence and limit the number of short-term lets, such as AirBNBs. The number of short-term lets in Scotland has risen dramatically in recent years – but evidence shows […]

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Assurances must be given about the Ravenscraig site, says McMillan

Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde has written to Link Housing Association asking for assurances that the Ravenscraig Hospital site is to be made safe for living on – in light of reports of ‘blue water’ coming from taps at two Coatbridge schools built on a former landfill site. In the letter, the local […]

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McMillan Offers Positive Direction for Local Development Plan

With the consultation on Inverclyde Council’s new Local Development Plan (LDP) closing this Friday, local MSP Stuart McMillan has today sent in his submission to the consultation. Welcoming much of the LDP, Stuart has offered constructive feedback, while highlighting areas he feels should be of greater or lesser priority. Click here to view my submission. Speaking […]

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SNP Government Pledge Millions for Inverclyde Housing

SNP Government Pledge Millions for Inverclyde Housing SNP MSP and MP Stuart McMillan and Ronnie Cowan have welcomed an announcement by the SNP Scottish Government that will see a further £29.6 million invested in building affordable housing in Inverclyde. The commitment put forward will see all of Scotland’s 32 councils know now what their share […]