East Renfrewshire Council

An aerial view of East Renfrewshire A commitment to deliver almost 693 affordable homes across East Renfrewshire over the next five years has been approved by councillors.

East Renfrewshire remains a high-performing council but its councillors need to be more prominent in dealing with tough challenges ahead, the Accounts Commission has said. A new report published today by the local authority spending watchdog charts the council's progress since a previous audit in 20

Artist's impression of the Maidenhill community Developers behind plans for a new community in Maidenhill, Newton Mearns, are to provide multiple pockets of land to facilitate the delivery of affordable housing as part of a range of newly agreed community benefits.

(from left) Andrew Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel), Kevin Stewart MSP and Bruce Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel) Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing, has visited the award-winning Polnoon neighbourhood in the village of Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire to see how the design of th

A joint economic action plan between eight councils is aiming to deliver 110,000 new homes around the Glasgow City Region. The move, the first of its kind in Scotland, will see the authorities pursue a common economic strategy between now and the year 2035.

Councillors have approved a £32 million investment into social housing across East Renfrewshire over the next five years. East Renfrewshire Council’s Housing Capital Programme will deliver extensive housing projects and much needed housing for the years ahead.

Staff within the Housing and Education services at East Renfrewshire Council have been co-ordinating an ambitious present appeal that will ensure no child in East Renfrewshire goes without presents on Christmas Day. Drop off points have been inundated with staff donations and the appeal is slowly re

Homes set for Blackbyres Road in Barrhead Plans have been unveiled to build 120 new affordable homes in East Renfrewshire over the next three to five years.

Link Group Ltd has completed an affordable housing development of 14 new homes at Ayr Road in Newton Mearns. The properties were built by CALA Homes as part of a wider development, and consist of two-bedroom homes for social and mid market rent. The £1.7 million development secured £502,000 from t

A £1.6 million development of 15 new homes by Barrhead Housing Association has been formally opened by minister for housing and welfare Margaret Burgess MSP. The homes in Rankin Court, Barrhead, were built on the site of the former St John’s primary school. The land was successfully transferred f

(from left) Peter Shepherd, Cllr Alan Lafferty, resident Donald Devlin, site manager Willie McBlain Seven affordable homes in Eaglesham have been handed over to East Renfrewshire Council by Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts, a division of the Mactaggart & Mickel Group.

Cllr Danny Devlin (left) and Link Group chair Roy Stirrat Link's new affordable housing development at Hillfield Brae has been officially opened by East Renfrewshire Council’s convener for housing and maintenance services, Councillor Danny Devlin.

Construction has started on a new £4.2 million development that will provide tenants in Newton Mearns with an affordable way to buy a new-build home. The rent-to-buy development is the first in Scotland for housing provider QSH, which is targeting £250 million from UK-based investors to deliver 2,

East Renfrewshire Council is to hold an exhibition which details 100 years of housing in the area. Developed in collaboration with Williamwood High School, museums, libraries and local voluntary groups, ‘About the Houses’ depicts life and how it has changed over the past century and looks ahead

The sheltered housing warden service provided by East Renfrewshire Council has been given a top-class report from inspectors. The service won praise and a rating of ‘very good’ in all categories assessed.