Loreburn Housing Association

Four housing projects worth a total of £37.7 million have been awarded through Scotland Excel’s new build framework. Loreburn Housing Association in Dumfries has awarded two major projects to Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd - a £4.8m project to build 27 homes in Annan and a £14.8m pr

Loreburn Housing Association has agreed an additional £20 million funding programme with Royal Bank of Scotland to create a new social housing programme for Dumfries and Galloway.

Building services contractor McGill has won a £400,000 contract and been appointed to a £3.6 million framework to deliver upgrades to fire alarms. In response to new government legislation introduced after the Grenfell disaster, all properties in Scotland must meet higher standards in re

Children across Dumfries and Galloway are set to receive a free book each month until their fifth birthday as a result of Loreburn Housing Association signing up to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

Loreburn Housing Association has taken steps to identify tenants over 70 and those who might be more vulnerable in the current COVID-19 circumstances. After implementing a Business Continuity Plan two weeks ago and moving the workforce to home working, an immediate action was taken to identify those

The first residents have moved into a new development of 42 homes at College Mains, Dumfries following a £6.3 million investment programme by Loreburn Housing Association (LHA). The investment was jointly funded by the Scottish Government via the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (£3.1

Loreburn Housing Association has won the Employer of the Year title at the Women in Housing Awards. Now in its seventh year, the awards highlight the amazing work of women in housing.

Loreburn Housing Association is the only Scottish nominee for a UK-wide award celebrating outstanding women in housing. The Association is a finalist in three of the prestigious Women in Business categories, which is now in its seventh year.

A national Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Ready programme is being funded by the Scottish Government’s TEC Programme and hosted by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA). Since 2016, TEC Ready has been working with housing organisations and individuals to support the valuable contri

CM2000's Brian Brown with with residents John and Sue Bury A pioneering new technology that’s being used by Loreburn Housing Association to prevent falls in elderly residents has been praised by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

(from left) Jamie Hepburn, Brian Pattinson - convenor of Loreburn Housing Association management committee, Carol Turnbull – principal at Dumfries & Galloway College and Lorraine Usher, CEO at Loreburn Housing Association Loreburn Housing Association has welcomed Jamie Hepburn, minister for bu

Lorraine Usher Loreburn Housing Association chief executive, Lorraine Usher, on putting employees at the heart of the business.

Dumfries and Galloway-based Loreburn Housing Association has become the first social landlord in Scotland to adopt new wearable technology that predicts the potential risk of falling for its sheltered housing customers. With falls currently costing the NHS in Scotland almost half a million pounds a

The Loreburn team at the awards ceremony with Russell Kane on the right Dumfries and Galloway social landlord Loreburn Housing Association has been named Best Charity Employer at a major national recruitment awards for the second year in a row.

Loreburn Housing Association chief executive, Lorraine Usher, reveals her career highlights and her commitment to champion, encourage and support young women to thrive in housing. Tell me a bit about your career, and how you got to be where you are today?