East Lothian Housing Association

Charlie Cooley has arrived as East Lothian Housing Association’s new director of asset management and its subsidiary maintenance company R3. He replaces Duncan Mackay, who retires after 14 years, arriving when R3 was just an idea, and leaving behind a leading all-trades maintenance company, wo

It’s all change at East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) as the director of finance, Paula Oliver, retires after 29 years. Paula Oliver was only the Association’s seventh staff member and has seen it grow from just 200 homes into the group it is today, not just a housing association bu

East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee approved plans for three housing developments this week including an application by East Lothian Housing Association for 27 flats for social rent in Dunbar. The application, which is on the former garden ground at the St Andrews Centre on Bayswell Road

A joint project between Women's Aid East & Midlothian (WAEML), East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) and East Lothian Council has received a two-year grant from the Scottish Government's Third Sector Homelessness Fund. The funding will create East Lothian’s very first Housing First

East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) has reached two major targets a year ahead of schedule. Four years ago, the Association set five-year targets of 80% of tenants using their digital My Home accounts and 80% of tenants going paper-free.

Seven landlords across Scotland have come together with housing software solutions provider Housing Online Ltd to develop a new digital lettings service called These Homes. These Homes is a bespoke system designed to easily capture the needs and aspirations of all applicants who only have to registe

Affordable homes including new council houses, have been delivered across East Lothian this year.

When Joanna Walker from Haddington decided to go paper-free, she became East Lothian Housing Association’s (ELHA) 1,000th paper-free tenant, receiving some flowers, chocolates and £100 in gift vouchers to mark the occasion. ELHA were the first housing association to introduce full paper-

East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) has agreed to extend its innovative Assistance Scheme to write off rent during the five-week wait period for new Universal Credit claims for tenants who have a sudden loss of income due to coronavirus. ELHA’s Assistance Scheme was initially set up t

An annual summary of East Lothian Housing Association's (ELHA) monthly performance updates has now been released. Performance 365 reporting is now part of the monthly routine at ELHA since it moved away from its themed annual performance reports in 2019, and has continued as normal th

As a result of the coronavirus crisis, East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) and its in-house maintenance contractor R3 have both extended their opening hours. The two have extended hours so ELHA tenants can contact R3 about repairs and use their My Home accounts to chat online to ELHA s

East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) has announced that the curtain has fallen on its themed, innovative and distinctive annual and performance reports.

After 25 years as director of housing at East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA), Tracey Kerr is heading for the oceans, ski slopes and bridleways of the world at the end of this month. Joining ELHA from Scottish Homes, it wasn’t long before Tracey was involved in the stock transfer which saw

East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) has officially left Wonderland and has entered the space age – only to find that the universe itself needs saving. However, fuelled up with Power Pellets and equipped with an array of laser based weapons, it looks like everything is in hand.

Mary Taylor as Alice As East Lothian Housing Association’s (ELHA) journey Through the Looking Glass continues, who better to reflect on adventures past and present but Alice Herself, otherwise known as Dr Mary Taylor, former chief executive of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)