Sheltered housing tenant says that residents are being left in the cold this winter

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A Westbridgend tenant says sheltered housing residents are being left in the cold this winter.Theresa Connolly has hit out at West Dunbartonshire Council after delays hit long-awaited works to refurbish the Leven Court common room, rendering it unusable.And pensioner Theresa, who suffers from anxiety and depression as well as having mobility issues, said she feels that sheltered housing tenants are viewed as an inconvenience by WDC.Ms Connolly told the Lennox: “We are suffering from the cost of living crisis and the huge increase in electricity prices and we do not have a communal meeting room where tenants could meet up in a warm environment.“When I applied for sheltered housing and read the tenant’s manual I thought it was perfect because there were activities in the common room.

But when I moved in there was nothing of the sort.“The place was an absolute mire.“I joined the Sheltered Tenants’ Forum, went to a meeting and told them exactly what I thought.“That was four years ago now.

Four years I’ve spent fighting to try and get it upgraded to something halfway decent.“It’s an absolutely diabolical disgrace.“The budget was set aside for it.

But then Covid hit. I couldn’t understand why the work wasn’t done during the pandemic. If anything that was the perfect time to get it done; no access was allowed apart from to the warden.“Now the pandemic is over they are saying they have a real backlog of work to catch up on.“Westbridgend sheltered tenants have been let down.”Theresa says she has written to West Dunbartonshire Council’s chief officer for housing, Peter Barry, and raised the issue at meetings with housing chiefs.She continued: “It feels like the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing at the council.“It