50 new affordable homes to be built on Skye

Up to 50 new affordable homes are expected to be delivered on the Isle of Skye this year, according to the Highland Council.Members the Skye and Raasay committee recently discussed a report focusing on local housing issues in the region, as well as examining the council’s performance against a number of national indicators from April 2017 to March 2018.Overall, the average response time for emergency repairs to council houses continues to be within the Highland target of 14 hours. Committee members were also advised that although there had been a slight increase in response times since last quarter, an additional two maintenance technicians have recently been appointed, so the time taken to carry out emergency repairs is expected to improve in the future. Statistics for non-emergency repairs show an improvement over the last year with response times now below the Highland target.