Fyne Homes

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The ownership of eight flats on the Isle of Bute has been transferred to Fyne Homes Housing Association. Known locally as The Wilkie Houses, the assets at Townhead in Rothesay were previously owned by the James John Wilkie Almhouses Trust.

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The innovative use of wind farm profits has earned Fyne Homes a fuel poverty award. The housing association, which is based on the Isle of Bute and manages 1,600 homes across Argyll, was honoured in the ‘Outstanding Tenant Support’ category at Energy Action Scotland’

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The chairpersons of four Argyll and Bute housing associations met last week to commend and support the recent declaration by Argyll and Bute Council of a 'housing emergency' for the region. Senior members of Argyll Community Housing Association, Dunbritton Housing Association, Fyne Homes and West Hi

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Fyne Homes has become a Local Program Partner with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library which will provide free books for tenants’ children under the age of five who are eligible under the scheme. Each month the Imagination Library will post a high quality, age-appropriate book to chi

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The Home Argyll chair’s quarterly meeting was held on the beautiful Isle of Bute this month, where neither the scenery nor the weather disappointed the visiting officials. The chair’s from each of the 4 RSLs that partner with Argyll & Bute Council to form the Home Argyll common housi

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On a hill overlooking Glen Barr sits three wind turbines constructed and operated by Fyne Homes subsidiary company Fyne Energy. Part of the agreement for the project of installing the three wind turbines on the Kintyre Peninsula was that any profit from the running of the turbines would be distribut

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Fyne Homes has appointed Iona MacPhail as its new chief executive. Iona brings great experience to the role, most recently within her post as housing lead with Argyll and Bute Council. Prior to that Iona held a number of senior positions within Argyll Community Housing Association.

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The Fyne Homes management committee has agreed to freeze the rents and service charges for the next financial year following a meeting to discuss its 2021/22 budget. A spokesperson for the organisation said the move won't impact on the services it provides, although there have been changes to t

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Argyll and Bute-based housing association Fyne Homes Limited has welcomed a £10 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to refinance existing loans and enable future growth plans within the business.

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A document which sets out Argyll and Bute Council’s shared vision and investment priorities for the area’s housing sector over the next five years has been submitted to the Scottish Government for ministerial approval. The Local Housing Strategy was developed in partnership with the Scottish Gov

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A new independent energy supply company, the first in the UK operating on a non-profit distributing basis, plans to be selling heat and power to tenants in 200,000 homes across Scotland by 2020. Our Power Energy, a subsidiary of Our Power Community Benefit Society, has been founded by 35 member orga

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