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Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Conor Snowden at the Gracemount site

This afternoon I visited the new Council Housing development at Gracemount with a group of Councillors. We were getting inside the new council homes we are building up there and they look fab! The first tenants are due to move in in January and I am sure they will love their new homes.

There are many things Edinburgh's Liberal Democrat led administration have done over the last few years of which I am proud; cutting crime by 21%, cutting homelessness by 15%, reforming Home Helps so people get a service when they need it and this building project is right up there with those!

The new Gracemount Council Homes

There are fewer better things you can do with your life than to build homes for people that need them. Shelter is, after food and warmth, the most basic of human needs. That is why I am so proud of this development, proud to be building the first council homes for a generation in Scotland's Capital City.