Raasay Development Trust (RDT) has received a share of a Scottish Government fund to support community ownership.
The trust has been awarded £68,230 in the latest round of Scottish Land Fund awards, which supports communities to buy land and buildings. This project will purchase two acres of land in the village of Inverarish to develop four community-owned homes, which will be available for affordable rent, two self-build plots and a plot to be sold to a local housing association for the development of a further two homes.
The Scottish Land Fund, funded by the Scottish Government, provides grants of up to £1 million as well as practical support to encourage community ownership.