Most of the Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow has been a derelict wasteland for decades.
Part of a housing estate which has been dubbed "Scotland's Chernobyl" is to be demolished after the council issued dangerous building notices for 138 properties.
Inverclyde Council, which issued the notices on 16 July, believes the buildings are beyond repair and should be knocked down.It is thought there are now fewer than 20 people living in the 45 four-storey tenements The homes became increasingly run down and derelict with the demise of Port Glasgow's shipbuilding industry.
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