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Village has first new social housing in 30 years

Albyn Housing Society New housing in LairgAlbyn Housing Society
The £2.3m development was built on a site that had lain empty since 2007

A Sutherland village has received its first new social housing since the 1990s.

The development in Lairg has four two-bedroom wheelchair accessible bungalows and four one-bedroom 'Fit' homes, which have technology installed to monitor residents' health.

Albyn Housing Society completed the £2.3m project as part of the UK and Scottish government-funded Inverness and Highland City Region Deal.

The new properties were built on land that had been empty since the demolition of a hotel in 2007.

Richard Webb/Geograph Sutherland ArmsRichard Webb/Geograph
The Sutherland Arms was on the site before it was demolished

Lairg Community Development Initiatives donated the site of the former Sutherland Arms Hotel.

Fit homes have previously been constructed in Inverness, Nairn, Dingwall and Alness.

The properties are designed to help people with health conditions or disabilities to live independently.

Sensors fitted to doors, windows and cooking appliances can detect changes in a resident's behaviour and share the information with their families or a carer.