Hart Builders signs innovative partnership agreement with Eildon Housing Association

An innovative partnership agreement has been signed between Eildon Housing Association and Hart Builders which will deliver at least 388 high quality new affordable homes across nine sites in the Borders.During a visit to the first of these developments to get underway, at Sergeants Park, Newtown St Boswells, the minister witnessed.The formal signing of an agreement will be a key plank in the record breaking investment being made in the Borders by Eildon Housing Association, supported by Scottish Government grant funding.Handovers will commence in the spring of 2018 once the first houses at Sergeants Park in Newtown St Boswells are completed; after completion Eildon will have provided 115 new homes on this site.The Partnership is looking to deliver at least 127 new homes in Galashiels along with an extra care scheme for older people providing 38 self-contained apartments. 66 new homes are planned at the former high school site in Earlston with further plans to redevelop Tweedbridge Court in Peebles, replacing it with a mix of 34 houses and flats.A key element of the Partnership is to work with local communities to create a legacy that goes beyond the provision of the new homes, as such Eildon and Hart Builders are working with the Borders College to explore training, employment and other community benefits that can be factored into the programme.