\n In addition, they are asking the council to provide \u201cdirect financial assistance to those affected, in recognition of the extraordinary circumstances they face”.\n<\/p>\n
\n There is precedent for Glasgow City Council to provide displaced residents with financial assistance. Previously, the council disbursed grants to those affected by the Sauchiehall Street<\/a> fires via the Lord Provost’s Fund. Further afield,\u00a0Perth and Kinross Council has recently committed funds from its earmarked reserves following a substantial building fire in Perth.\n<\/p>\n \n The council has been approached for comment regarding the possibility of renumeration for the affected residents.\n<\/p>\n \n \n The letter states: \u201cDisplaced residents\u2019 biggest ask is for safe access to their properties, either directly or by suitably qualified and indemnified third parties, so they can retrieve their most essential items.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cHaving been made to evacuate their homes in the middle of the night without stopping to gather possessions has understandably placed enormous strain on them. Some face a loss of earnings because they cannot access vital work files or equipment.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cOthers are struggling without access to vital paperwork and legal documents. All are having to spend substantial funds to buy items which they already own. Meanwhile, the insurance situation remains highly uncertain and potentially very protracted. This is clearly not sustainable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n Residents who were evacuated are only able to be given access to their homes when it is safe to do so, and public safety is always the first consideration in such cases. The Herald understands that at present, no timescale can be given for this.\n<\/p>\n \n The Building Standards team has been in touch with residents since the evacuation, including issuing a Notice which enables them to stop paying council tax on the property during the period they will not be living there. In addition, the notice can be passed on to insurers whose policies could be able to help them with alternative accommodation.\n<\/p>\n \n Marissa MacWhirter\u00a0is a columnist and feature writer at The Herald, and the editor of\u00a0The Glasgow Wrap<\/a>. The newsletter is curated between 5-7am each morning, bringing the best of local news to your inbox each morning without ads, clickbait, or hyperbole. Oh, and it\u2019s free.\u00a0She can be found on X @marissaamayy1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The building had lain derelict for more than five years following a fire before giving way around midnight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-337037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115012896213765109","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Albert Cross tenement collapse\u00a0(Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n