Dumfries & Galloway Council

A series of new landlord electrical safety guidelines are due to come into effect in Dumfries and Galloway. All private landlords will need to ensure their occupied rented properties have an electrical installation condition report (EICR) from December 1. The certification ensures the electrical ins

Councillors in Dumfries and Galloway are due to discuss proposed projects on the Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland: Area Based scheme (HEEPS:ABS) in the region. A report on the initiative, which will go before the Housing Sub Committee today, will ask member to note the funding allocation of

Councillors in Dumfries and Galloway have agreed to add a number of new projects to the council's Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP). Previously, members agreed to deliver more than 840 new homes from 2016-2021.

Lindsay Lauder (Loreburn), Margaret Burgess MSP, Shaun McIntyre (tenant) and his mother Anne, John McNaught (LHA Convener) and Fiona Pennington (Loreburn) Loreburn Housing Association welcomed Scottish minister for housing & welfare, Margaret Burgess MSP to officially open its newly completed de

Scotland is well on track to having 500 Living Wage-accredited employers by March 2016 as a further milestone was reached yesterday. Riverside Cottage Nursery in Bathgate has been confirmed as the 250th accredited employer on the same day that Dumfries and Galloway Council was confirmed as the secon

Loreburn Housing Association and the Let’s Get Sporty project has successfully applied for Putting You First Funding which will allow activities to be held at Loreburn sheltered developments across Dumfries and Galloway. Putting You First (PYF) is a five year Change Programme for Dumfries and Gall