Work starts on Glengorm affordable housing
The project has been made possible thanks to grant funding from the Scottish Government’s Rural & Islands Housing Fund, and Argyll & Bute Council’s Strategic Housing Fund.
The project has been made possible thanks to grant funding from the Scottish Government’s Rural & Islands Housing Fund, and Argyll & Bute Council’s Strategic Housing Fund.
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There’s only one affordable home for every five applicants that want one in Oban, Lorn and the Isles, the latest average has revealed
MICT (Mull and Iona Community Trust) general manager Moray Finch invited representatives from the community council to join the steering group study because of members’ long-running interest in housing demand.
Argyll and Bute Council will spend £254,000 to build five affordable homes on Colonsay, where there are six more in the pipeline to help address the island’s housing shortage
The revised Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) has the potential to deliver around 343 new affordable homes in 2021/22 and over 700 additional homes in subsequent years.
For every social housing property allocated there are five applicants in the Oban, Lorn and the Isles area
Residents are hoping the campaign will raise £25,000 towards the construction costs that are ‘extraordinary’ because of the logisitics of building on a remote island.
Out of many sites looked at, two have been highlighted for further consideration in Achnacroish and at Clachan