Harbour Homes

16-30 of 139 Articles
Clock icon 2 minutes

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

Clock icon 2 minutes

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

Clock icon 1 minute

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

Clock icon 2 minutes

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

Clock icon 2 minutes

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

Clock icon 2 minutes

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

Clock icon 2 minutes

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

Clock icon 2 minutes

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

Clock icon 4 minutes

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) and its subsidiary Persevere Developments Ltd (PDL) are marking Scottish Housing Day 2021 by celebrating the opening of 104 affordable homes on Edinburgh’s waterfront. The properties at Heron Place, Heron View, Heron Lane and Hesperus Crossway are situ

Clock icon 2 minutes

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has been recognised as a UK leader for equalities and diversity in the workplace, ranking 63rd in the latest Top 100 Inclusive Workplaces Index published by the National Centre for Diversity. Providing homes and a range of support services to more than 4,000

16-30 of 139 Articles