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ACHA welcomes First Minister to view new housing in Oban
Argyll Community Housing Association, ACHA, welcomed Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to Oban. The First Minister visited the Association’s offices at Menzies House where she met tenants, staff and the Association’s Chair, Mike Brown.
The First Minister then visited the Association’s new build development completed recently at Catalina Avenue in Oban where she met Andy and Euphemia Birnie and was shown round their new home.
ACHA builds in Tayvallich
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has started work on two 3-bedroom family homes for rent in the village of Tayvallich in Mid Argyll. The funding for the development has come from the Scottish Government, ACHA and Argyll and Bute Council.
The Association has two family homes already in the village and this development will double that provision.
ACHA to build 27 new homes in Oban and Connel
Argyll Community Housing Association, ACHA, has got the go ahead to build 27 new homes for rent in Oban and Connel. The 17 homes to be built in Oban will be at Glenshellach and the 10 in Connel will be at St Oran’s Place.
The two developments which are starting on site this month will see an investment of £4,145,000 in the projects. Funding support for the initiatives has come from the Scottish Government, £1.7million, Argyll and Bute Council, £675,000 and ACHA, £1.7million. The new properties will range in size from 1 to 4 bedroom.
Islay New Build Open Day
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) are delighted to be building 20 new homes in the Bowmore area of Islay to be named Sealladh Na Mara, with an anticipated completion date in July/August 2015.
These homes consist of 10 one bedroom and 10 two bedroom flats.
ACHA completes first new build homes in Connel since the mid 1950s
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) handed over the keys to eight new homes for rent in the village of Connel.
The development at St Oran’s Place provides eight new one and two bedroomed homes. They are the first new homes for rent built in the village since the mid 1950s. The development was built by MacLeod Construction to a value of £1.4million. Thirty tradesmen and apprentices worked on the project for 14 months.
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