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As RAAC homeowners continue to face disputed valuations, financial losses and the refusal of additional assistance, questions are being raised about the timing and scale of pay increases awarded to senior councillors and the Council’s Chief Executive.
RAAC families to protest at Kilncraigs as homeowners demand answers over funding, changing offers and promised financial help
RAAC-affected homeowners and supporters will protest outside Kilncraigs, Alloa, at 11:30am today, ahead of a crucial meeting with senior representatives of Clackmannanshire Council at noon.
The UK RAAC Campaign Group is calling on members of the public to stand with Tillicoultry homeowners who have spent years dealing with the financial and emotional consequences of RAAC while seeking a fair resolution from the Council.
Today’s meeting, scheduled for 12 noon–2pm, follows sustained pressure from affected homeowners and campaigners. Residents were offered meetings on 3 or 17 September and unanimously chose the earlier date, saying they had already waited long enough for answers.
Campaigners say the meeting must now address a series of significant questions about Council and Scottish Government funding, disputed valuations, changing purchase offers and a potential £10,000–£15,000 Council-funded payment that homeowners understood was being explored but which never materialised.
£817,333 Scottish Government funding revealed
Fresh questions have emerged after a Tillicoultry homeowner and campaign member obtained information from the Scottish Government confirming that £817,333 had been approved through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme for remediation of Council-owned properties at 35–51 High Street, 6–22 Park Street and 75–97 Chappelle Crescent.
The funding is for Council-owned properties and is not a compensation fund for private homeowners. It is expected to be paid as works are completed during the 2026/27 and 2027/28 financial years.
Campaigners say the significance of the disclosure is not that the £817,333 should have been divided among homeowners, but that it raises questions about what the Council knew about its wider financial position, when it knew it and what homeowners were being told while they were making major decisions about their properties.
What happened to proposed £10,000–£15,000 homeowner payment?
Following an October 2025 meeting involving homeowners, Council representatives and then Housing Minister Mairi McAllan, homeowners understood that Clackmannanshire Council would explore providing a fixed payment from its own resources, separate from Scottish Government grant funding.
Wilson Chowdhry says that in a subsequent conversation with Kevin Wells, Director for Place & Economy, a possible payment of approximately £10,000–£15,000 per homeowner was discussed. Homeowners were then asked to wait while the possibility was explored.
However, letters dated 23 July 2026 informed residents that, following what the Council described as a “thorough review and exploration of all available funding options”, it could provide no additional financial assistance towards purchasing their properties.
Campaigners want the Council to explain whether the proposed fixed payment was formally considered, what its finance team concluded, whether money was identified and why homeowners were required to continue waiting if additional support could not ultimately be provided.
Offers changing by thousands of pounds
Residents are also demanding explanations for substantial differences between earlier and more recent property offers.
One homeowner reportedly received a revised offer more than £13,500 higher than their original offer, only for the increased offer to later be withdrawn and attributed by the Council to an administrative error, while another homeowner received an offer £5,000 lower than previously offered.
A further resident had progressed as far as concluding missives when she was advised that £2,500 of the valuation figure offered to her should not have been authorised. In recognition of the Council’s error, the Council has agreed to reduce the property sale price by £2,500 but repay the equivalent amount to the homeowner separately as a rental reimbursement, meaning she will not ultimately lose the £2,500.
Campaigners say these three cases raise serious questions about the robustness and consistency of the process. When offers affecting people’s homes can change by thousands of pounds, an increased offer can be issued and subsequently withdrawn as an administrative error, and another error is identified only after a homeowner has reached the missives stage, residents are entitled to ask how valuations and purchase offers are calculated, who authorises them, what checks are undertaken before figures are issued, and why these discrepancies are occurring at such critical stages of the process.
Homeowners have meanwhile continued to face mortgages, insurance and other costs while living with uncertainty about whether their properties would be purchased, remediated or otherwise dealt with.
Questions over priorities
The dispute also comes against the background of substantial increases in senior local-government remuneration.
Council Leader Cllr Ellen Forson’s remuneration increased from £35,580 to £50,063, while Clackmannanshire Council Chief Executive Nikki Bridle was reported as due to receive an approximately £32,000 annual increase, taking her salary from £133,530 to around £165,755.
The UK RAAC Campaign Group acknowledges that these increases arose through national remuneration processes and is not suggesting that the money could simply have been redirected to homeowners. However, campaigners say families being told that no additional assistance can be found are entitled to ask what every reasonable option was and why the previously discussed homeowner payment came to nothing.
Wilson Chowdhry: “The Council needs to explain exactly what happened”
Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the UK RAAC Campaign Group, said:
“These families have already spent years dealing with RAAC, disputed valuations, mortgages, insurance costs and uncertainty about what will happen to their homes. They should never have had to campaign this persistently simply to get senior decision-makers around a table.
“We now know that £817,333 of Scottish Government funding was approved for remediation of Council-owned properties in three Tillicoultry blocks. We have always been clear that this was not compensation money for private homeowners and we are not asking for it to be divided between them.
“But homeowners are entitled to know what the Council knew about that funding and when, particularly because at the same time they understood that a completely separate payment from Council resources was being explored.
“Following the October meeting, homeowners were given reason to believe that additional help might be possible. Kevin Wells subsequently indicated to me that a figure of around £10,000 to £15,000 per homeowner was being considered. Families were asked to wait while that was explored, and while they waited they continued paying mortgages, insurance and other costs.
“They were then told in July that no additional financial assistance was available. The Council needs to explain exactly what happened between those two positions.
“We also have one homeowner whose latest offer is reportedly more than £13,500 above the original offer and another whose offer has fallen by £5,000. When valuations change by thousands of pounds, families are entitled to know why.
“That is why we will be outside Kilncraigs at 11:30am today. This meeting cannot end with another promise to look into things. Homeowners need answers, transparency and a fair resolution. They have waited long enough.”
Fiona Crichton: “Families were making life-changing decisions without the full picture”
Fiona Crichton, Secretary of the UK RAAC Campaign Group, said:
“The figures matter because the consequences for families are very real. Homeowners have been trying to decide whether to sell, remain in the remediation programme or continue waiting while carrying mortgages, insurance and other costs on RAAC-affected properties.
“We now know that £817,333 had been approved for Council-owned property remediation. Again, that funding was not compensation for homeowners, but its existence is part of the financial picture that residents are entitled to understand.
“Separately, homeowners understood that the Council was looking at providing a fixed payment from its own resources, potentially in the region of £10,000 to £15,000. They waited while that was explored and were eventually told there would be no additional assistance.
“Families were making life-changing decisions about their homes without the full picture they are now trying to piece together.
“Today’s meeting is an opportunity for the Council to put that right. We need a clear chronology, an explanation of what funding and financial options were considered and honest answers about why the possibility of additional support disappeared.”
Kerry Mackintosh: “Explain how an offer can change by £13,500”
Kerry Mackintosh, Co-Deputy Chair of the UK RAAC Campaign Group, said:
“When one homeowner can reportedly receive a new offer more than £13,500 above the original figure while another homeowner sees an offer fall by £5,000, it is obvious why people have questions about the valuation process.
“These aren't small accounting adjustments. Thousands of pounds can determine whether a family can clear a mortgage, move home or rebuild its financial future.
“Homeowners also want to know what happened to the £10,000–£15,000 additional payment that was discussed. If it was properly considered and rejected, tell residents when it was rejected, who made that decision and why. If no money could lawfully or responsibly be found, explain that in detail.
Hannah Chowdhry: “This is about people’s homes and futures”
Hannah Chowdhry, Co-Deputy Chair of the UK RAAC Campaign Group, said:
“Homeowners did not choose to have RAAC in their properties. Yet they have spent years living with uncertainty and continuing financial costs while decisions have been discussed around them.
“It is particularly difficult for families to hear that no additional assistance can be found while senior remuneration has risen substantially. We recognise that those pay increases were determined through national processes and cannot simply be handed to homeowners. The point is about priorities and confidence: residents need to see the same determination being applied to finding a fair solution for them.
PROTEST TODAY – 11:30AM
When: Thursday 3 September 2026, 11:30am
Where: Kilncraigs, Alloa
Council meeting: 12 noon–2pm
Supported by: UK RAAC Campaign Group and affected homeowners
Residents, supporters and members of the media are encouraged to attend and stand with Tillicoultry’s RAAC-affected homeowners as they call for answers, transparency and a fair resolution.
Together, we continue to stand with RAAC families and campaign for a fair resolution.
The RAAC crisis is not just about concrete—it is about accountability.
And we are far from finished.
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