Raac residents offered alternatives to demolition

Aberdeen residents living in homes blighted by potentially dangerous concrete are to be given the opportunity to explore alternative options to demolition.

More than 500 properties – most of them council-owned – were found to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) in 2023.

Aberdeen City Council previously agreed to demolish the homes.

However residents will now be able explore alternative options for the future of their properties.

A council meeting heard these included securing the agreement of all households in a given block to share the cost of a new roof instead of having to move out.