Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has published the latest update on its ongoing Affordable Housing Programme with ten developments on-site and are due for completion during 2019/20 – 20/21. The Goathill care home, housing and housing with extra care project is now well under way with preliminary engi

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) will help apprentices in the Western Isles access low-cost housing with the creation of a new charter. The charter is a first of its kind for Scotland, outlining how the two organisations will work together to increase oppor

A new affordable housing development on the Isle of Lewis was officially opened last week. (from left) Norman Macleod (chair, HHP), Ms Campbell (resident), David Mackay, Dena Macleod (chief executive HHP), Katrina Rowlands (development manager, HHP), Matthew Hebditch (development officer, Tighean In

The local authority for the Western Isles of Scotland has called for a comprehensive funding review of how rural housing is funded and delivered for the islands. Councillor Donald Crichton, chairman of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s joint consultative committee on crofting, called for joined-up t

Work to transform land adjacent to a Stornoway farm into a new care facility and affordable homes has began in earnest. View from Perceval Road

The chairman of the Uist Economic Taskforce Working Group, Councillor Iain Archie MacNeil, has called for a Housing Seminar to be held in Uist in early Autumn to begin to develop innovative solutions to address housing issues in Uist and Barra. The call follows the latest meeting of the Uist Economi

Four new affordable housing developments started in Lewis and Harris this spring under the Affordable Housing Programme in the Outer Hebrides. The programme is supported by Scottish Government and delivered via a successful partnership between Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Hebridean Housing Partnership

A homelessness prevention project is under way to investigate ways to improve the performance of section 11 notices in the north and islands of Scotland. Whenever a landlord raises proceedings to end a tenancy, by law they must serve to the relevant local authority a section 11 notice, to allow the

Aileen Campbell, cabinet secretary for communities and local government, officially opened a new Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) development during a visit to the Outer Hebrides last week. The 12 flats built by Lewis Builders on the site of the former Stag Bakeries in Stornoway are now named Lan

(from left) Iain Watson (housing services manager, CnES), Kenny John Macleod (local member for the An Taobh Siar Agus Nis ward and chair of the communities and housing committee), Dena Macleod (chief executive, HHP), Alasdair Allan MSP (SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Na h-Eileanan an Iar)

A site at Blackwater on the Isle of Lewis has been identified as potential space for new affordable housing. The site is located adjacent to the existing Gleann Dubh development.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, in partnership with Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP), has approved its Affordable Housing Programme for 2018/19. Work is expected to begin later this year on two new housing developments in Harris.

Councillors on the Western Isles have backed in principal the introduction of a dedicated officer to help bring long-term, privately-owned empty homes back into use. The community and housing committee of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has recommended the council accept an offer of part-funding for the p

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) and Western Isles Council are preparing plans for a £20 million project to build a care home and 50 homes, according to reports. The Press & Journal has said that the proposed development will include a 52-bed care home and 50 housing units with extra care on

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has awarded the contract for the development of 10 new homes for affordable rent in Leurbost to Calmax Construction. Preparatory works are underway with a view to the building works commencing in January 2018 and keys being handed over to new tenants in November 2