Places For People Scotland

Alex Neil Falkirk Council’s Local Government Pension Scheme Fund has awarded fund manager Hearthstone Investments £30 million to invest in social and affordable housing in Scotland.

Almost 100 new homes are to be built in the Falkirk area in a move that will also provide an income for the local authority's pension fund. Members of Falkirk Council’s executive committee agreed to bring forward an Affordable Housing Grant to help fund new developments.

(left to right) Norrie Davies, chair, Craigmillar Community Council; Mark Harris, head of development, EDI Group Ltd; Alister Steele, managing director, Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association; Bruce Lindsay, development manager, CCG (Scotland) Ltd); Councillor Mike Bridgman, member of Parc Craigmil

A local heat storage initiative by Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association is one of five projects across Scotland to benefit from more than £20 million in funding that will help reshape how energy is delivered and used in communities throughout the country. The funding allocation, from the Local E

Margaret Burgess A further £2 million is to be invested in charitable bonds to help boost the supply of affordable homes, housing minister Margaret Burgess confirmed yesterday.