Riverside Scotland

An ambitious five-year masterplan to build hundreds of new social houses in North Ayrshire has been unveiled. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) aims to deliver more than 1700 high-quality homes in neighbourhoods where people want to live.

Irvine Housing Association and McTaggart Construction have broken ground at Tarryholme, Irvine to deliver 87 new affordable homes.

North Ayrshire Council has pledged to build an extra 250 council houses as part of an ambitious investment programme to create 1000 new homes within the next five years. The council’s cabinet has approved the bold proposal which aims to increase affordable housing provision as well as provide a sh

Heather Anderson Irvine Housing Association has announced the appointment of Heather Anderson as its new head of service delivery.

(from left) Paul Hillard, managing director at Irvine Housing Association; Joan McTurk, community involvement officer at Irvine Housing Association; Nicola Thom, executive director (operations) at Irvine Housing Association; Paul McGregor, chair of scrutiny at Irvine Housing Association; Ilene Campb

(from left) Ilene Campbell, TIS chief executive; Yvonne Baulk, head of physical environment at North Ayrshire Council; Tracey Wilson, tenant participation manager at North Ayrshire Council and Elaine Byrne, Scotland’s Housing Network director North Ayrshire Council has achieved a Gold accreditatio

Irvine Housing Association is continuing to expand its Customer Service Centre (CSC) which launched in its Irvine head offi­ce almost two years ago. As well as recruiting more staff and tripling the number of advisors the 24 hour service started out with, existing staff have had opportunities to pr

Duncan McEchran Irvine Housing Association welcomed Duncan McEachran as new chair of the Association at its 22nd AGM last week following the end of former chair Alan West’s five-year tenure.

Three leading figures within the Scottish social housing sector who piloted the TIS in partnership with Scotland’s Housing Network, Scrutiny Approved Accreditation framework will share their experiences of the process at a free launch event in Glasgow this autumn. Hosted at the Blythswood Square H

The winning team from Rutherglen and Cambuslang Housing Association Ronnie Cunningham, Stuart Freeland and Charles Freeland Lintel Trust, part of the Link Group of subsidiaries, raised £7,165 at its 22nd annual golf fundraising event.

Irvine Housing Association has produced a special video Christmas card for 2015 which showcases what it has been up to this year.

Raymond Young, Alan Ferguson, and David Bookbinder Eydent (the Alliance of Ayrshire Housing Associations) has organised its second major housing conference at the Gailes Hotel, Ayrshire on Wednesday 18 November 2015, and there are only a few places left at the event.

Developer Lovell is trialling a new tool which measures the economic impact of an affordable housing project on the local community. The Local Multiplier 3 (LM3) enables the company to see how much investment a housing scheme brings to an area by analysing where the project income is spent and re-sp

A team of British architects have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) after years of research into poor indoor air quality in modern homes. Dr Stirling Howieson, University of Strathclyde; Dr Tim Sharpe, Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Uni

Corsehill P5 poster winner Hollie with Kathryn Morrison Irvine Housing Association (IHA) has visited pupils at Abbey Primary and Corsehill Primary to deliver interactive sessions on careers advice and energy efficiency to the Kilwinning youngsters.