Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

Cath Johnstone Midlothian and Western Isles councils have become the first local authorities to announce a rise in council tax since 2006, following the Scottish Government’s decision to end the council tax freeze.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is developing a new Local Housing Strategy for the period 2017-2022 and wishes to gather as many views as possible on the priorities it should aim to address. The Strategy covers a five year period and is the sole local authority strategic document for housing in the area.

(from left) Alasdair Allan MSP; Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for housing & local government; Billy, Sandra, Rory & Toby Fraser; Mark Macdonald, O’Mac Construction; Norman Macleod, HHP Board member and Norman Macdonald, convenor Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for housi

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has been awarded £340k from the Scottish Government as part of the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes Capital Acceleration Programme (HEEPS-CAP). HHP will use the funding to carry out room-in-roof insulation to 68 homes before April 2017.

(from left) Jamie Maclennan Calmax Construction Ltd, Matthew Hebditch TIG, John Maciver HHP’s director of operations, John Mackay Local Councillor, Donald Mackay Calmax Construction Ltd, Joan Mackay Commun Eachdraidh Nis, Mary Campbell Commun Eachdraidh Nis, Iain Gordon MacDonald Commun Eachdraidh

A Western Isles community has completed the purchase of its local estate for £85,000 in just one year. The Keose Glebe Steering Group announced at the weekend that it had bought the former church land on Lewis.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has agreed to explore the possibility of investing a portion of the pension fund it shares with The Highland Council in building social and affordable housing. Malcolm Burr, chief executive of the Western Isles council, has confirmed that the proposal will be discussed at t