North Lanarkshire Council is to make a major contribution to help people escaping conflict in Ukraine by bringing up to 200 homes back into use on a temporary basis.
The homes, in residential towers in Coatbridge and Wishaw, will be reinstated to a high standard to allow people escaping the conflict to live in a safe environment, supported by £5 million of Scottish Government funding.
The towers, High Coats in Coatbridge and Birkshaw in Wishaw, are to be temporarily reinstated after being prepared for demolition as part of the council’s ambitious towers strategy, which will see all residential tower blocks in North Lanarkshire demolished and replaced with new homes.
