Housing in Inverclyde is more than bricks, rent, and postcodes—it’s the foundation that shapes how people feel about their lives, their neighbors, and their future along the Clyde. In streets of tenements, high-rises, and hillside estates, residents are quietly rewriting what “home” means: from precarious, pieced‑together survival to spaces of stability, care, and community connection.

This project listens to those stories. It follows tenants fighting for fair treatment, families making the most of small flats, neighbors turning stairwells into social spaces, and cooperatives experimenting with new forms of ownership and support. It documents both the pressure—rising costs, ageing stock, empty promises—and the creativity that emerges when people refuse to accept that unsafe or insecure housing is just the way things are.

Through interviews, audio diaries, field recordings, and grounded reporting, Inverclyde Homes explores how better housing can grow from the bottom up: residents shaping regeneration plans, community groups supporting those at risk of homelessness, local projects reclaiming neglected spaces, and everyday acts of solidarity that make buildings feel like places to belong. Month by month, it gathers proof that decent, dignified homes are not a luxury, but the starting point for healthier lives, stronger communities, and a more hopeful future along the Clyde.

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