Provision of affordable homes set to continue in Moray

Moray Council is on course to complete more than 240 new affordable homes over the next three years.

Thirty-one are projected to be completed this financial year followed by 99 next year and 112 in 2019-20.

The past three years have seen a total of 180 affordable homes built and allocated across Moray.

The figures are contained in a report which will go before the council’s communities committee on Tuesday.

The report notes that last month the council completed a 16-unit development at Burdshaugh in Forres which followed hard on the heels of work beginning on a 15-unit development at Linkwood Steading in Elgin.

A 20-unit development is scheduled to start on site this month at Ferrylea in Forres, while work is expected to get under way on a 12-unit development at Strathcona Road in Forres in August.

A 21-unit development at the driving range in Elgin is programmed to start on site in October.

The report to councillors states: “As part of the More Homes Scotland initiative, the Scottish Government has committed to investing over £3billion to build 50,000 affordable houses over the next five years.

“To achieve this priority, the government is encouraging councils to prepare for a significant increase in their resource allocations beyond 2018.”

Moray Council area stretches from Tomintoul in the south to the shores of the Moray Firth, from Keith in the east to Forres in the west. The council and its 4,500 employees respond to the needs of 95,510 residents in this beautiful part of Scotland, which nestles between Aberdeenshire and the Highlands.

Famous for its colony of dolphins, fabulous beaches and more malt whisky distilleries than any where else in Scotland, Moray is a thriving area and a great place to live.

Headquartered in  Elgin, the administrative capital of Moray.