Lanarkshire housing provider insists it has kept its promises to tenants

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A housing provider has marked a significant milestone on delivering on promises to tenants since it acquired Wishaw & District Housing Association.Trust Housing Association took over following the transfer of engagements from WDHA in December 2019 with the aim of delivering a series of projects.The number one promise made was to freeze rent and service charges for three years from the transfer until March 2023.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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By the end of that month, the group had invested £2.8 million of the promised cash on improving homes with a variety of different projects benefitting customers including new kitchens, bathrooms and roof replacement projects.In addition, new homes were finally built at the former Tesco site in Wishaw town centre with the Park Place development being opened by the town’s MSP Clare Adamson.Rhona McLeod, Trust’s CEO, said: “We remain honoured that the Wishaw tenants put their trust in us and chose Trust as their new landlord in 2019.“We made a number of significant promises at that time to tenants that we were fully committed to delivering.“Despite the unexpected challenges of the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis, I’m delighted that we have delivered on our