More than 600 ballots have been held to approve the installation of secure entry systems to blocks of flats, the city council has revealed.
Votes are held when the council wants to bring tenements up the Scottish housing quality standard (SHQS), but owner-occupiers in the property sometimes object, usually because they will have to pay their share of the cost.
All residents including council tenants then get a chance to say if they want the work to go ahead and to date there have been 639 cases where a majority has been in favour.
All social housing in the city is meant to meet the SHQS by March 2015, but 6% of properties will be exempt on technical grounds. Many will meet the standard apart from having secure entry.
The council’s housing department said that more than 80% of its homes now meet the standard, with the number rising from 7,330 a year ago to 10,487 now thanks to spending of £19 million on new kitchens and bathrooms, energy efficiency and other improvements.
