Work due to start on housing

WORK to build more affordable homes in Ulva Ferry is scheduled to start in August.

After four years of fundraising, Ulva Ferry Housing Project is now fully funded and the houses are scheduled to be completed by March 2017.

The joint venture between Ulva School Community Association and Mull and Iona Community Trust has been funded through grants from Argyll and Bute Council, the Quaker Housing Trust, the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, USCA and the Scottish Government’s new Rural Housing Fund, along with more than £20,000 raised from local donations.

Helen MacDonald, housing project manager, said: ‘ We are delighted to be starting work on site this summer.

‘Thanks go to everyone who has supported this project over the years; £22,500 in donations is testament to the importance of these houses to so many people and the difference they will make to the Ulva Ferry community.’

The three-bedroom homes are being built next to Ulva Primary School and will be offered for long-term let to local families for £443 per calendar month.

Anyone interested in renting one of the family homes should contact Helen MacDonald on 01688 500056 or hmacdonald@ mict.co.uk.