Melville Housing Association

Staff and board members of Melville Housing Association were extremely saddened to hear of the death of long-time board member and tenant John Scott. John, who lived in the Midlothian town of Penicuik, joined the Melville management committee (before it became the board) in 1997, when Melville was s

Melville Housing Association, Midlothian’s largest Registered Social Landlord, is to invest £2.4 million in improvements to tenants’ homes over the next 12 months.

In order to help spread a little Christmas cheer, Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has made a £3,000 donation to local charities. Spread across Midlothian, the six organisations to benefit from £500 each are Dalkeith Storehouse, Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust (MAEDT

Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has made a £300 donation to the Penicuik Foodbank, run by Food Facts Friends, to help them prepare for what promises to be a demanding festive period. This month alone, Food Facts Friends has provided food to almost 400 people (237 adults and 146 chi

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative has looked back over the 28 years of service of director John McMorrow as he announced his resignation to take up the post as chief executive of Melville Housing Association. John joined Easthall Park back in 1992 and was one of the very first e

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative director John McMorrow is to take over as the new chief executive of Melville Housing Association. Mr McMorrow was appointed to succeed Andrew Noble from a highly competitive field of candidates and brings with him a wealth of experience from his 35 years

A hugely successful housing career is coming to an end for one half of Melville Housing Association’s award-winning welfare benefits advice team. Jacquie Mather, who has been with Melville since it was set up in 1995, has announced that she’ll be retiring at the end of the year having he

Vital life-saving equipment is now publicly available 24 hours a day in the Midlothian town of Gorebridge thanks to a partnership between Melville Housing Association and electrical contractor Magnus Electrical Services Ltd.

Andrew Noble is to retire from his position as chief executive of Melville Housing Association, following a quarter of a century’s stellar service to the social housing sector. Mr Noble will step down from the role that he’s held since 2005, later this year.

In a first for Midlothian, five green fully electric vehicles are now available to hire across the region, thanks to a new project delivered by Melville Housing Association. Funded by Transport Scotland’s Plugged-in Households programme and delivered through Energy Saving Trust, the fleet of f

Construction work on a Taylor Wimpey East Scotland and Melville Housing Association development of 26 new affordable homes in Bilston is now under way. (from left) David Loney, site manager (Taylor Wimpey Bilston affordable), Abby Kelman, land manager for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland and Neil Edgar,

More than 120 struggling households from across the Lothians, Edinburgh and Lanarkshire are almost £900,000 better off thanks to the hard work of an award-winning welfare benefits advice service run by Melville Housing Association. Last year, Melville Housing Association’s two dedicated

Melville Housing Association has launched an innovative flooring project to improve the lives of hard-pressed tenants, while simultaneously helping the environment. The Dalkeith-based housing association will deliver the project which uses reconditioned carpet tiles saved from landfill, will be offe

To celebrate Scottish Housing Day 2019 yesterday, Melville Housing Association released a short film made with the help of tenants. The film takes a look at a new concept for social housing which is currently being developed by Melville and has been named social co-housing.

Melville Housing Association’s work to improve the appearance and energy efficiency of social housing in Midlothian has been rewarded with record feedback in a major survey of customers. Almost all tenants surveyed (97%) said they are happy with the overall appearance of their neighbourhoods,