New housing aims to transform community

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Leader of West Lothian Council, Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick, saw for himself how West Lothian Housing Partnership is transforming communities.WLHP, part of Wheatley, Scotland’s leading housing, care and property management group, has built 146 new homes in Almondvale Court in Livingston town centre.Councillor Fitzpatrick saw some of the new homes for himself – and met some tenants excited to be moving in.Almondvale Court is made up of 66 social rent and 26 mid-market rent flats, as well as ten supported flats for Wheatley Care, WLHP’s partners in Wheatley Group.The development also includes 45 Livingwell homes, the group’s service – provided by Wheatley Care – to support older tenants to live independently.Almondvale Court is WLHP’s biggest development.The homes, a mix of one, two and three-bedroom flats, are in a prime site in Livingston, next to a popular shopping area, and on the site of a former police station which was demolished in 2017.Councillor Fitzpatrick said: “I was delighted to have been invited to visit the new WLHP site at Almondvale Court.“I was the founding chair of WLHP two decades ago and am totally enthused by the high quality and impressive layout design of the development which brings a further 146 homes to Livingston.“The opening of this development represents a significant boost to increasing the availability of social housing in the Livingston area.

It was a pleasure to meet with the new tenants to hear their stories and I’m sure they will enjoy life at this prominent location.“With demand for social housing high in the Livingston area, the construction of these new homes comes as West Lothian is in the midst of one of the most ambitious social housing programmes in the country, with West