Rural Housing Scotland visited the Island of Jura on Saturday 28th April to attend the Jura Development Trust’s Community Action Plan (CAP) event. That it had to be rescheduled due to some rather awful weather in March definitely ended up being a positive. We were treated to some unbelievable weather, the DT were able tocontinue reading
Keep Up to Date!
We’re keen to make ourselves as accessible as possible so that as many communities, individuals and organisations can approach us with any comments, questions, queries and proposals relating to affordable housing. However you want to contact us, just click on the relevant link below! Social Media: RHS Facebook | RHS Twitter | OIH Facebook |continue reading
What do Lochaber, Argyll and Arran have in Common?
Answer: From the 1st of April 2018 they will all have a Rural Housing Scotland Development Officer they can call on for advice and assistance should they consider investigating affordable housing in their communities. Through the Our Island Home project, RHS has been working with various island communities in Argyll and Highlands and we arecontinue reading
A Wee Bit of Site TLC
Afternoon All, Whilst I’m not under 3ft of snow like in other areas, it is still pretty darned cold so what better way to warm the cockles than getting stuck into this website administering show! Having never tried this before, it’s very much a case of learn as you go and so there *might* becontinue reading
Building Rural Futures – RHS Conference 2018
23rd February was the date for our annual conference. The theme this year was Building Rural Futures. As per usual, the conference was held in Birnam (with the pre-conference evening reception being held at Dunkeld House Hotel). We were delighted to welcome around 100 delegates and speakers to discuss various subjects ranging from Island Proofingcontinue reading
Conference 2017 Booking Form
Conference 2017 Booking Form (Word)
Rural Housing Fund Seminars
We have been organising seminars on the Rural Housing Fund. At the seminars, the Scottish Government provide information about it e.g. who is eligible to apply, how to apply, how much grant is available…. and Rural Housing Scotland give details on how communities in other parts of Scotland have delivered and developed their own projects.continue reading
Scottish Rural Parliament – see you there!?
Rural Housing Scotland and Our Island Home are very much looking forward to meeting lots of new people and catching up with old faces at the Scottish Rural Parliament in Brechin next week. We’re going to have a stall at the marketplace so please pop by and say hello 🙂 We will have lots ofcontinue reading
Ulva Ferry Housing News
The two 3 x bedroom PassivHaus standard affordable rental homes have been under construction at Ulva Ferry since early August 2016. This is exciting news, especially for the local community, volunteers and staff that have been working towards this goal. There is also an affordable plot for sale in the Ulva Ferry area. If youcontinue reading
NEWS | Rural Housing Scotland | Our island Home
January News and Views (click to download) Our Island Home We are absolutely delighted that the Prince’s Countryside Fund are to support the project again, for another 3 year period. This means that our project officer can continue to deliver housing projects across the Hebrides. The project will concentrate on finding affordable housing options for youngcontinue reading