Slough Labour has held a long standing commitment to improve and rennovate our Council owned housing stock to ensure residents are housed in good quality, warm and enviromentally efficent homes. This sits alongside our policy of ensuring that our council stock is only available to those who meet our criteria of needing to have lived in Slough for a least 5 years before you can access council homes.
“The refurbishments have vastly improved the look of the buildings, making them much nicer places to live.”
The latest works have seen the Council complete major works to 4 blocks of council owned flats in Britwell. The flats at Eyre Green have had new insulation installed, improved damp proofing and have been fitted out with new extractor fans.
Cllr Anderson with officers and contractors outside one of the newly refurbished blocks
The exteriors of the buildings have also had a major facelift, with improvements to brickwork and rooves, plus new external coloured render, we have also ensured the external environment has been enhanced at the request of tennants.
These refurbishments are part of a wider project to improve insulation at council properties in the Britwell and Langley areas. We will soon be launching a resident consultation in Langley to seek tenants views before starting similar work.
Councillor James Swindlehurst, deputy leader and commissioner for neighbourhoods and renewal, said: “These refurbishments sit alongside our 2014 manifesto committement to build 200 council homes, a target which we have exceeded having so far delivered 264 new council homes."
"The refurbishments have vastly improved the look of the buildings, making them much nicer places to live. But most importantly they’re far more energy efficient, which will save residents money on their energy bills and reduce the council’s carbon footprint. "