Eildon Housing Association

Eildon Housing’s extra care services at Dovecot Court, Peebles and Wilkie Gardens, Galashiels had an unannounced visit from the Care Inspectorate in January 2025 and received high praise for the quality of their regulated care and support.

Eildon Housing has been awarded just over £147,000 to fund its OPAL Borders project for the next three years.   

Eildon Housing Association has received an £18.7 million funding injection from Royal Bank of Scotland to build new homes in the Scottish Borders.

Work is set to start on a development of affordable homes in Peebles, on behalf of Eildon Housing.

Representatives from Eildon Housing Association were delighted to receive the award for ‘Housing Organisation of the Year’ at the recent CIH Scotland Housing Awards hosted in Glasgow.

Eildon Housing Association hosted an open day on Friday 7 June to showcase its latest development built on the site of the former High School in Earlston. The new development of 64 high quality, sustainable and affordable homes, is a mix of family homes, lower and upper colony and cottage flats.

As the festival programme for this year’s Borders Book Festival officially launched, sponsors Eildon marked the occasion by spreading the joy of books across the generations.

Eildon’s former chair, Bill Wilkie MBE, sadly passed away on Friday 5 April 2024. Bill Wilkie joined Eildon Housing Association back in its infancy in 1978 and was appointed as vice chair in 1980.

Eildon Housing Association hosted an Open Afternoon event on Tuesday 19 March to showcase its latest major affordable housing development in Chirnside - Dominies Way and Dominies Road.

Eildon Housing Association’s Riverside House supported development in Peebles was a buzz last week when a local nursery class from Kingsland Primary School enjoyed a visit.

Poynder Gardens, Eildon Housing Association’s latest 16-home development in the grounds of the historic former Kelso High School, has now been completed and new tenants are moving in. The new properties are set in the grounds of Eildon’s award-winning extra care development, Poynder Apar

Eildon Housing Association has [aid tribute to its former board member James (Jimmy) Walker who has passed away. Jimmy served on the board of Eildon Housing Association between 1998-2005 and again from 2006-2010.

Eildon Housing has appointed Ross Kilshaw and Hannah MacLeod as new board members to its governing body. Ross Kilshaw is managing partner of Cullen Kilshaw LLP, a firm of solicitors/estate agents which spans across the Scottish Borders. Ross’s specialism is in residential property.

The Borders Housing Network is continuing to support customers to stay warm this winter, with a range of practical measures to beat the chill and keep bills down. The Network, made up of Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA), Eildon Housing Association (EHA), Scottish Borders Housing Association (S

Eildon Housing reigned supreme at the prestigious Inside Housing National Awards Ceremony in London taking the award for ‘Best supported housing development – rural/suburban’ for Poynder Apartments, the former Kelso High School. Eildon were up against some of the top names in the c