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January 2020

Spot the new fence!

Have you noticed the new fence by Burnfoot shops? Our Community Teams have been working hard on improvements in our neighbourhoods. Here are Rebecca and Colin, Community Team for Burnfoot, out and about on a very nice but very cold day!

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SBTO members share good practice at TPAS Conference

  Did you know – Tenants in Scotland are legally entitled to be consulted on the services they receive? And that they are the only Tenants in the world who have this right? At SBHA we offer a variety of ways to get involved. See our Tenant participation page for more details. Last month, Dominic […]

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Winner of our rent consultation prize

In November we visited 16 locations across the Borders, phoned 180 Tenants and received 82 response to our paper survey. Everyone who took part in the survey was entered into a draw to win a £100 voucher, and the winner was Mr Quarry of Langlee. Mr Quarry was delighted with his voucher, explaining that he […]

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Housing Officers serve up Soupalunch

Two of our Neighbourhood Housing Officers, Rebecca Hilferty and Kaye Forsyth, are now regularly volunteering at the Hawick Congressional Church as part of Soupalunches. Soupalunch is a volunteer-based project run on Wednesday afternoons which offers people of all ages good, honest, homemade food at an excellent price. Around 60 people attend Soupalunch every week for […]

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New affordable homes going on-site

With demand for quality affordable homes continuing to rise in the Borders, we are delighted to confirm we will be starting work on three new sites later this winter. SBHA will be building 22 new homes in Oxton, Kelso and Peebles this year, as part of our commitment to help meet the growing need for […]

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Our 2020 calendar

We just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has contacted us to let us know that they have received their calendars. It’s great to know that it’s so popular!  

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