South Ayrshire Council

The children with Helen Moonie (left) and Jeane Freedman (right) holding the ribbon Yesterday’s Blue Monday proved to be far from depressing for Ayrshire Housing as local school children opened its latest development in the village of Dailly.

South Ayrshire Council has unveiled a three year plan to improve existing housing properties and land, with a below inflation annual rent increase continued to help manage costs. Under the plan, £2.3 million will be invested in double glazing replacements to improve energy efficiency at 500 homes;

(from left) Jamie McLean, Lynne Donnelly and Councillor Philip Saxton. Credit Iain McLean Photography. West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA), in conjunction with the Contracts division of Mactaggart & Mickel Group, is starting construction of Symington’s first affordable housing developm

Riverside flats set for improvement works South Ayrshire Council is set to undertake improvement works at the Riverside High Flats in Ayr following recommendations in light of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Affordable housing at Elba Gardens in Ayr South Ayrshire Council is to work with partners to build approximately 1,000 new social houses over the next five years, its latest Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) has revealed.

Landlords from across Ayrshire are being invited to a special event to discuss forthcoming changes in housing legislation. North Ayrshire Council is hosting the information event, in partnership with East and South Ayrshire Councils, at the Greenwood Conference, Irvine, on Saturday, 11 November.

(from left) Chris Carroll (SAC); Liz Marquis (Energy Agency); Councillor Arthur Spurling; Councillor Julie Dettbarn; Councillor Philip Saxton (portfolio holder for housing and customer services) and Andrew Filby (Energy Agency) on James Street in Tarbolton Major energy efficiency works to be carried

Artist's impression of how the development will look from Main Road A prominent gap site on the outskirts of Ayr is to be transformed with a new development of affordable homes.

Council leader, Douglas Campbell (centre) provides lunch after a football session at the John Pollock Centre in Ayr Hundreds of children in Ayr North and Girvan have benefited from more than 7,000 healthy lunches served up at activities taking place during the summer break.

There is stiff competition for places on Ayrshire Housing’s Board as members get prepared to vote. Two tenants are competing for one vacancy in the Board’s five strong tenant section whilst in the community category, community members have eight candidates to choose from for the four vacancies.

A precautionary review in South Ayrshire aimed to ensure that all properties meet relevant safety standards Local authorities across Scotland have carried out urgent assessments of their properties in the wake of the catastrophic incident at Grenfell Tower last week.

The council’s largest affordable housing project to date was completed in Lochside last year Hundreds of new affordable homes are set to be built across South Ayrshire thanks to increased funding from the Scottish Government.

More than 50 properties have been transformed thanks to help from South Ayrshire Council's Empty Homes programme Owners of unoccupied homes in South Ayrshire are being urged to consider selling them on to help free-up properties for people struggling to find accommodation.

Ayrshire Housing and South Ayrshire Council have launched an innovative online mutual exchange service. Free to tenants across the UK, it’s designed to be easy to use on a smartphone. Tenants can create their own advertisements with photographs and then search for possible swaps by location and ho

Councillor Helen Moonie and Ayrshire Housing director Jim Whiston The Provost of South Ayrshire, Councillor Helen Moonie, has launched Ayrshire Housing’s latest development in the village of Dailly.