Edinburgh City Council to fast-track demolition of troubled Fort House estate.
Dozens of council tenants living in one of the most deprived housing estates in Edinburgh are set to be rehoused – into brand-new homes at the capital’s flagship waterfront development. A deal between a housing association and the city council – which is to demolish the Fort House estate, in Leith – will see families begin relocating to the multi-million-pound Western Harbour development within weeks.
More than 150 flats on the troubled estate, which was built in the 1960s on the site of an 18th-century fort, are due for demolition within the next three years. But existing tenants are expected to be offered the chance to move to a £14million development taking shape near Newhaven Harbour, Ocean Terminal and the Royal Yacht Britannia.
The council has agreed to a fast-track demolition of Fort House after striking a deal with an affordable housing builder to rehouse most of the tenants currently living there, with the majority expected to be offered the chance of Western Harbour.
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