Event- Community-led Housing Management & Maintenance
Thursday 10th October2:00 – 3:30pm | Online Once the development and build phase of a community-led housing project is underway there are lots of things to consider around local lettings …
ISLAND
HOUSING GROUP
Island Housing Group
Growing from an initial knowledge exchange event, our Island Housing Working Group includes members from across the islands and works with Rural Housing Scotland, the Communities Housing Trust and Scottish Government. Its purpose is to:
- Enable island groups with an active role or interest in housing to network, learn from each other, share expertise and build a community of practice.
- Learn about different models of housing suitable for islands.
- Identify common challenges and work together to explore solutions to feed into Local Authority and Scottish Government policy.
- Promote the work and role of community-led housing and facilitate inter-island collaboration.
Activities have included knowledge exchange sessions, meetings with the Minister for Housing to discuss the Rural & Islands Housing Action Plan, and working together on policy contributions. If you would like to get involved get in touch.
MULL AND IONA COMMUNITY TRUST REGISTERS ITS FIRST RURAL HOUSING BURDEN IN A STEP TO RETAIN AFFORDABLE HOMES
Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) has registered its first Rural Housing Burden, as a means of retaining property in the affordable housing market – forever. MICT was appointed as …
Ministerial visit to Eigg
On 4 May, the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust hosted a visit by Paul MacLennan MSP, Minister for Housing, accompanied by local MSP, Emma Roddick. Together they visited the recently …
Tiree’s Rhoda Meek on her work on addressing housing in the islands.
On 8 Feb, as part of our 2024 #SIFAGM we had Rhoda Meek, Chair of Tiree Development Trust and Managing Director of Isle Develop along to present her recent Tiree …
SIF Policy Input: Council tax on second & empty homes and non-domestic rates
Shortage of affordable housing is a major barrier to people remaining, returning, and moving to islands, and impacts greatly on the potential, sustainability and resilience of island communities. SIF therefore …
Rural & Islands Housing Action Plan Published
“Equality, opportunity, and community are the three overarching defining missions of this Government, and the provision of affordable housing in our remote, rural and island communities is vital to that.” …
SIF Policy Input: Local Living & 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
SIF welcomes the concept of the Place Principle and in particular, the commitment to local people being at the forefront of the decisions made about a place. We also welcome …
Island Housing Group Session 3: Communities Housing Trust
SIF Island Housing Group In our third member session looking at community-led housing, we heard from Ronnie MacRae, CEO of the Communities Housing Trust on its new Route Map for …
SIF Member Session on Housing
In follow up to our last housing session we are delighted to welcome the Communities Housing Trust to share its new online resource to support community-led housing and to discuss …
Island Housing Group Session 2: Smart Clachan Project & Addressing Depopulation Action Plan
SIF Island Housing Group In our second member session on community-led housing initiatives we heard about the Smart Clachan project in Uist, a partnership between Stòras Uibhist and Rural Housing …