Lar Housing Trust

LAR Housing Trust has applied for permission to remove the façade of a listed Glasgow building undergoing redevelopment after revealing the structure cannot be saved due to safety grounds. The housing charity was granted permission last year for 37 mid-market rent flats at the old I

Lar Housing Trust is hailing its latest regeneration project in Glasgow as the start of a major push to bring derelict and disused buildings in the city back to life. The housing charity, which has over 40 mid-market rental developments across Scotland, has been granted planning permission to conver

The delivery of 49 new homes on a former WW1 naval barracks near the Queensferry Crossing will be the biggest challenge undertaken by Lar Housing Trust, chief executive Ann Leslie explains more. Our latest acquisition has a nautical theme to it. And if you’ll forgive the pun, we have now set s

A canalside industrial works in Maryhill could be converted into residential use under newly lodged plans. Lar Housing Trust wants to redevelop The Quadrangle office building at 57 Ruchill Street into 39 flats made up of two, three and four-bedroom units. An outhouse at the site will

Lar Housing Trust has appointed Alana Durnin as director of finance to help drive growth at the Dunfermline-based housing charity and its two subsidiary companies. She joins Lar from Oak Tree and Cloch Housing Association where she also held the role of Finance Director.

An obituary of Rani Dhir, one of Lar Housing Trust’s trustees, has been published in the Sunday Herald. Rani died peacefully in her sleep on January 25 at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after a long illness.

Construction work at two sites in Prestonpans has started that will help deliver over 40 much needed affordable homes in East Lothian. The developments by Lar Housing Trust, which has an extensive waiting list in the area, are at Northfields and Jim Bush Drive and will bring the total number of deve

For the latest episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast, Ann Leslie of Lar Housing Trust and Matthew Busher of Kingdom Group join co-hosts Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay to talk all things mid-market rent (MMR). Find out the typical tenant demographics, funding structure and future expansion pl

The latest episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast features Ann Leslie of Lar Housing Trust and Matthew Busher of Kingdom Group, both leaders in mid-market renting (MMR). Jimmy Black wonders if MMR could fix a broken housing market… To the Romans, lares domestici were housegods who looke

Following the sad news that Rani Dhir, one of Lar Housing Trust's trustees, sadly passed away, an appreciation of her has been shared from chief executive Ann Leslie and chair Philip Rodney. I remember reading through Rani’s CV when she first joined the Lar board and I was stunned by the sheer

Lar Housing Trust is set to increase its presence in the west after concluding missives on a site in the north side of Glasgow and also gaining planning permission for a city centre development. The housing charity, which specialises in providing high quality mid-market rental homes across Scotland,

LAR Housing Trust has officially opened its newest development, which has been transformed for a group of tenants with learning disabilities and autism. The project to completely refurbish a disused block of six two-bed flats in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh will offer a safe environment for tenants

The Scottish Parliament’s former presiding officer Ken Macintosh has taken up his first non-executive role since leaving politics. Mr Macintosh has joined the board of Lar Housing Trust, which specialises in providing mid-market rental homes across Scotland. His appointment is being described

Housing charity LAR has concluded a deal to buy 89 properties as part of ambitious growth plans in Edinburgh. The latest development for LAR, which specialises in mid-market rental homes, is in the Telford area and is its seventh in the capital. The homes, built in 2012, were part of the Scottish Go

Lar Housing Trust is refurbishing a disused block of flats in Edinburgh into specialist accommodation for people with Learning Disabilities and Autism.