Scottish Borders Council are carrying out urgent repairs to the Jed Water flood defence at Richmond Row in Jedburgh following damage caused during the amber weather warning period at the weekend. Please see SBC’s website for a full update. Jed water flood defences update.

Due to a technical issue, it is currently not possible to log repairs on the MySBHA App. We’re working on this, and hope to have this back up and running soon. You can still use the App’s other features – checking your personal details and paying rent. In the meantime, we’d like to apologise for […]

Stair wells and external areas at Howden Road and Blair Avenue in Jedburgh are looking great following a number of improvements. We need your help now to make sure that these areas stay clean and tidy – both for health and safety reasons and because it just looks better!

The Mitsubishi Ecodan van, a mobile exhibition unit showcasing the advantages of Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs), paid a visit to the Borders this week. As part of its commitment to making Tenants’ homes easier and more affordable to heat, Scottish Borders Housing Association has commissioned Easyheat to fit Mitsubishi ASHPs in some of its […]

Members of Scottish Borders Tenants Organisation met with Andy Taylor from Moores (SBHA’s kitchen supplier) to see the new range of units that Tenants will soon be offered when they get a new kitchen. SBTO joint Chair Tracey Glover commented: “We welcomed the opportunity to participate and comment on the new choices that are going […]

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!

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]