Key Workers

A lack of affordable housing in Moray and the north-east is leaving local schools and hospitals struggling to fill crucial roles, according to reports. NHS Grampian has described the “buoyant” housing market as challenging as it seeks to recruit new workers while three teachers who were due to s

An initiative which offers rent-free accommodation to entice teachers to move to Moray has received its first beneficiary. Gillian Elliot has been handed the keys to the two-bedroom flat in Elgin where she will be able to live rent-free for the next six months.

The first houses built for mid-market rent are set to be handed over to Aberdeenshire Council by the end of this month, councillors have been informed. The first development of 12 houses in Westhill is nearly finished with a further 12 being completed by the end of August.

Councillor Neil Cooney Modular housing is being considered in a bid to build homes quickly to try to encourage vital key workers to the North East.

Teachers are being offered rent-free accommodation in Moray in a bid to end a long-running staffing shortage. Moray Council has struck a deal with a housebuilder Springfield Properties to attract new blood to the area.