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12 November 2025
Orkney Islands Council welcomes Places for People Scotland as new housing partner to deliver 500 homes
Orkney Islands Council has entered a landmark partnership with Places for People (PfP) Scotland to deliver up to 500 new homes over the next decade – becoming the first national housing association…
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5 November 2025
Council welcomes student accommodation funding
Orkney Islands Council has welcomed a funding award from the Scottish Government which will allow them to move forward with plans to increase the availability of student accommodation in Orkney.
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18 July 2025
SSEN-T support available to bring empty homes back into use
Orkney Islands Council is working with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks – Transmission (SSEN-T) to help bring local empty homes back into use.
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9 July 2025
OIC welcomes £1.75m for home energy efficiency works in 2025-26
Orkney Islands Council has welcomed £1.75m from the Scottish Government’s Heat and Energy Efficient Scotland scheme for 2025-26, to help even more homes across the county make improvements to their…
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6 June 2025
Personal milestones of Ukrainian refugees shared at Pier Arts Centre
Artwork and stories put together by Ukrainian refugees living in Orkney - reflecting deeply personal journeys of healing and life in a new country – will go on show at the Pier Arts Centre in…
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8 April 2025
Housing Regulator report published for Orkney Islands Council
The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published its 2025/2026 annual ‘engagement plan’ for Orkney Islands Council’s Housing service.
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17 February 2025
Council welcomes £300k boost for home energy efficiencies
Orkney Islands Council has welcomed a £300k boost from the Scottish Government, for home energy efficiency works for homeowners, delivered locally by Warmworks on behalf of OIC.
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3 February 2025
Sheltered housing tenants praise a “dedicated” OIC staff team, say Inspectors
Tenants using the Council’s sheltered housing service at Lambaness and Rae’s Close have praised a “dedicated” staff team who support them, according to the Care Inspectorate.
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15 January 2025
Orkney burns through home energy efficiency funds
Orkney Islands Council and the local Warmworks team have been helping make local homes cosier at record pace in recent months, with funding awarded to the county by the Scottish Government all but…
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3 December 2024
Council house tenants consulted over three-year fixed rent rate policy
Letters have been sent to Orkney Islands Council council house tenants (Friday 29 November) asking for their views on rent increases for the next three years.
