Glasgow residential drug service to close over rent and repairs dispute

Glasgow HSCP said Turning Point Scotland had “indicated that they are not able to continue with contract on the basis of financial risk”.

A spokesperson said the crisis centre “remains a priority” and would “transition with no intended gap in service”.

An impact assessment will be held to review the future of the stabilisation service.

The spokesperson added: “This decision is based on the intentions of Turning Point Scotland and the commitment the HSCP has to its most vulnerable service users.

“The HSCP cannot comment on the relationship between Turning Point Scotland and City Property.”

City Property – which has Glasgow City Council as one of its directors – said the primary factors in the dispute were the terms of lease.

It declined to discuss details due to commercial sensitivity, but and said it had been in regular communication with Turning Point to find “viable solutions”.

Scotland’s alcohol and drugs minister, Maree Todd, said she was “very concerned” but the Scottish government could not intervene in a contractual dispute.

She added: “We have been clear that we value the work done by these services and that every reasonable opportunity to explore resolution should have been taken.”

It is the latest rent and repairs row between City Property and charity tenants in the past year.

Other tenants in dispute have included an elderly group, a family charity and a number of arts groups.