200-plus ‘affordable homes’ set for Edinburgh
TWENTY-three houses owned by the Ministry of Defence in Edinburgh (in the Dreghorn area of the city) are to be sold to the local authority,…
Category: Affordable housing
Council agrees to 6,500 new-build ‘affordable’ homes
PLANS have been agreed that are expected to see 6,500 new, ‘affordable’ homes being built in Glasgow, over the next five years. The ambitious programme…
Views sought on Jedburgh housing plan
VIEWS are being sought on a proposal to build 76 ‘social rent’ homes on the site of a former primary school in the Scottish Borders…
Social housing funding pot relaunched
A FUNDING pot has been relaunched to assist providers of ‘social rent’ housing. Registered housing associations are being invited to apply to an £80m loan…
The ‘affordable’ housing answer that has blown in on the wind
IT helps to be a community close by a trio of wind farms, whose owners are committed to paying an annual community dividend. And blowing…
Glasgow celebrates ‘affordable’ homes achievement
MORE than 2,000 ‘affordable’ homes were built, refurbished, started or given the go-ahead in Glasgow during the last financial year. Says a city council announcement,…
Over 110,00 ‘affordable’ and ‘social rent’ homes completed since 2007/08
OVER 110,000 homes that are either ‘affordable’ or for ‘social rent’ have been completed, since the financial year 2007/08. The figures – issued by the…
Glasgow to use CPO powers to acquire residential properties
COMPULSORY purchase order powers are to be used by Glasgow’s local authority, to acquire four residential properties in the city. Says the city council, here,…
South of Scotland empty properties targeted for ‘affordable’ homes conversion
A DEDICATED member of staff has been taken on, to source empty properties in the south of Scotland – mainly the Scottish Borders – to…
Rent freeze announced in programme for government
A PLAN to freeze the cost of renting a home has been announced by Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Unveiling her government’s Programme for Government,…