East Renfrewshire Council

Lorraine McMillan is to retire as the chief executive of East Renfrewshire Council after 15 years in the post. Ms McMillan, who will step down in the summer, was appointed the council's chief executive in 2008 after holding a number of senior roles in Scottish Enterprise.

East Renfrewshire Council has announced a package of measures totalling more than £4.4 million to support local residents to tackle the cost of living crisis. The commitment of £1.7m in support follows the £1.469m agreed in August through the Local Authority Covid Economic Recovery

The Annual Performance Report which provides a summary of East Renfrewshire Council's performance for 2021-22 has now been published. The report focuses on the council's five strategic outcomes:

East Renfrewshire Council is offering private sector landlords in the area an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who require temporary accommodation. The Private Sector Leasing Scheme offers guaranteed rental income and a long lease of up to three years.

East Renfrewshire Council has celebrated the completion of new council homes in Barrhead's Balgraystone Road with an official opening event, marking its largest housing development to date.

East Renfrewshire Council has launched a consultation on the Local Housing Strategy which will help shape priorities for improving homes and the housing services provided over the next five years. The strategy applies to all housing in East Renfrewshire including owner occupiers and private rented a

East Renfrewshire Council has set its budget for 2022/23, which tackles the savings gap, balances the books and protects key frontline services. Council leader Tony Buchanan outlined the spending plans for the year ahead at a meeting of the full council on Thursday 3 March.

Following the completion last year of 39 council houses as part of Taylor Wimpey's Maidenhill development, a further 43 homes are set to be handed over to East Renfrewshire residents throughout the summer including a mix of cottage flats, terraced houses, semi-detached and detached homes. New tenant

East Renfrewshire Council has started works to upgrade and improve council houses across the region. New high quality kitchens will be installed in 200 homes between now and March next year as part of the council's capital improvement programme, which highlights a pledge to continually improvin

Barrhead Housing Association has welcomed the first tenants to its new affordable homes built by Bellway at Rosemont Park.

Glasgow construction firm City Building has won a £1 million contract with East Renfrewshire Council that will secure employment for more than 150 staff with a disability or learning difference.

East Renfrewshire residents are being urged to take part in a budget consultation to help shape the council's future priorities for 2022/23. With Covid-19 having highlighted how future priorities might change, East Renfrewshire Council said digital connectivity is now even more important to ena

East Renfrewshire Council marked yesterday's Scottish Housing Day with a visit to the latest council house development site on Barrhead's Balgraystone Road.

Tenants have started moving into brand new council houses in the Maidenhill area of Newton Mearns as construction on the first phase of the development is completed.

A number of companies are operating across East Renfrewshire to install measures to help make homes more energy efficient at reduced or no cost through the availability of funding or grants. Improvement measures can include installing new boilers, putting in wall and floor insulation, and more.