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An important new chapter has begun for Port of Leith Housing Association and its subsidiaries which have revealed new names and branding.

Sheltered housing staff at Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) have been awarded the Excellence in Adult Services award at the Scottish Social Services Awards 2022. The awards celebrate the work of Scottish Social Services and the individuals, teams and organisations making a positive differen

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA), working alongside local arts charity Out of the Blue, has commissioned a mural for the garden of one of its developments in Leith. PoLHA asked what type of mural residents would like and using the chosen theme of gardens, artist Kate George held a riso prin

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has won a commendation at the Herald Property Awards 2022 in the Affordable Housing Development of the Year category (sponsored by NHBC) for its Heron Place development. Heron Place was also shortlisted for the Scottish Home Awards 2022 and nominated for Arc

With Scottish Housing Day focusing on sustainable housing, Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by initiating an exercise to calculate the carbon footprint calculation of its corporate estate (six offices and fleet) by March 2023. PoLHA also set

A key element in Edinburgh’s ongoing waterfront regeneration programme has been nominated as Scotland’s Best Affordable Housing Development at the prestigious Herald Property Awards ceremony to be held next month in Glasgow. The Heron Place development at Granton Harbour, completed by Po

Sheltered housing staff at Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) have been nominated for an Excellence in Adult Services award. The awards, as part of the Scottish Social Services Awards 2022, recognise the exceptional work across the social care and social work sector in Scotland. The judg

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) alongside Hackland + Dore Architects have been shortlisted in two categories in the Scottish Home Awards 2022.

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has supported Mike Egan (79), one of its sheltered housing residents, to produce an album to raise funds for the NHS. Session guitarist Mike Egan’s musical career includes recording and touring with Elton John, Carly Simon, Rick Wakeman, Shirley Bassey

Port of Leith Housing Association has been named the 10th best housing association to work for and the 33rd best company to work for in the UK. The landlord was recognised as the 11th best company to work for in Scotland. Based in Leith and providing over 3,000 homes across north Edinburgh, it emplo

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA), in partnership with Changeworks, has secured £33,000 in funding from the Scottish Government and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations to support tenants with existing fuel poverty related debts. The fund ensures we can support up to 50 hous

SHARE has announced a new training partnership with Port of Leith Housing Association that sees a host of fully accredited, OFQUAL regulated first aid training added to its calendars.  Along with Emergency First Aid at Work and Mental Health First Aid, SHARE will also be providing a 3-day, exam

Arc-Tech MU has commenced the installation of multi-utilities at a major regeneration scheme in Granton.

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has secured an internationally recognised excellence award from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). EFQM’s Recognised for Excellence status enables organisations to evaluate and demonstrate efforts to improve performance against a ra

Derelict brownfield land in Leith is set to be transformed into two new housing developments thanks to Barratt Homes. The housebuilder has started construction of 212 homes on Baltic Street and plans for a 115 home development on South Fort Street are well underway. Named Merchant Quay and Heron Ban