RESIDENTS in Port Glasgow are raging with housing bosses in a row over who is responsible for fixing communal lights on their building.

Betty White and Vicky Muir complained to River Clyde Homes about a mounted light being out on their building last October.

It wasn't fixed until March - then it went out again two weeks later.

The ladies say they are fed up of having to negotiate unlit paths but the housing association say the repairs are not their responsibility and they will not do any more work.

Betty, 78, who owns her house in Glenhuntly Road, said: "The light was first reported last October.

"It took five months for them to fix it.

"They took a wire from my building and led it through to Vicky's.

"It only worked for two weeks then it went out again.

"We have lights attached to our buildings as we are so far from the main road - it was designated as street lighting and the council always maintained them."

Betty, a former school secretary, says RCH are 'not up-keeping the area at all'.

She and her husband Robert have lived in the area for more than 30 years and says it is now plunged into darkness at night without the lighting.

She said: "It's pitch black."

The grandmother says the area has gone downhill since River Clyde Homes took over.

She said: "It is neglected."

The women contacted Councillor Jim MacLeod last year, who took up their complaint with River Clyde Homes, and the wall light was eventually fixed.

But now housing bosses say they will not be doing any further work on the lights as this is the householder's responsibility.

A spokesman for RCH said: "The light referred to belongs to the owner of the house and is their responsibility.

"We fixed it in the past as a favour but stated clearly to both her and Councillor MacLeod that it was not a River Clyde Homes asset.

"Mrs White is free to have any contractor carry out a repair if she wishes.

"River Clyde Homes maintains the main pathways and grass in the Glenhuntly area but not the lanes to the rear of properties.

"These areas are in largely private ownership with River Clyde Homes a minority shareholder.

"We would happily get involved in a partnership with owners to look at a maintenance programme if that is what the majority of neighbours would like.”