- Tulloch Homes and Highland Housing Alliance deliver more than 200 mid-market rent homes since 2024.
- 41 new homes handed over in Aviemore, with further 19 agreed for Conon Bridge.
- Investment supported by The Highland Council, Scottish Government and Inverness & Highland City-Region Deal.
- Partnership offers a scalable blueprint for mixed-tenure housing delivery across rural Scotland.
A strategic partnership between Inverness-based homebuilder Tulloch Homes and not-for-profit housing developer Highland Housing Alliance (HHA) is accelerating the delivery of high-quality, affordable housing across the Highlands, helping to tackle one of the region’s most pressing challenges.
Since 2024, the collaboration has delivered more than 200 mid-market rent (MMR) homes across key developments in Aviemore, Inverness, Conon Bridge and Kirkhill. MMR is essential to increasing access to quality housing for individuals and families by delivering affordable rental homes generally priced below the private rental market.
This latest milestone marks the handover of 41 two-bedroom MMR apartments at the highly sought-after Bynack More development, located in the heart of Aviemore. Eight of the apartments have been prioritised for blue light workers, helping key public service staff access modern, high-quality homes.
Building on this momentum, a further 19 MMR homes will be delivered at Tulloch Homes’ Riverford development in Conon Bridge. HHA will own and manage 15 of the homes, with the remaining four properties to be sold by Highland Council through the Scottish Government’s LIFT (Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers) scheme.
This commitment comes at a time when demand for rental housing has reached unprecedented levels, with more than 1,000 people applying for 10 HHA homes at Parks View in Inverness earlier this year.
The Highlands face a well-documented housing shortfall, with an estimated requirement for 24,000 new homes over the next decade to support population growth and economic ambitions. Delivering a mix of housing tenures is widely recognised as essential to sustaining local communities and enabling long-term regional growth, and will help to deliver against the Highland Housing Challenge.
The success of the HHA and Tulloch Homes partnership has been underpinned by investment from The Highland Council, the Scottish Government, and the Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal, demonstrating the impact of coordinated public- and private-sector collaboration.
Gail Matheson, CEO at Highland Housing Alliance, said, “The handover of these new homes at Bynack More, alongside our commitment to further development, marks a significant step forward in increasing the supply of high-quality, fairly priced housing across rural Highland communities.
“In our 20-year history, we have never seen demand for rental homes so high, and developments like this are vital in helping to address the clear imbalance between supply and need. Equally, collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical to tackling Scotland’s housing challenges and enabling the delivery of homes that sustain thriving rural communities.”
Kieran Graham, Managing Director of Tulloch Homes, said, “Our partnership with HHA demonstrates what can be achieved through close collaboration and a shared commitment to meeting local housing needs. We are proud to deliver the latest phase of homes at Bynack More, creating high-quality, energy-efficient mid-market rent opportunities for local people.
“Housing is fundamental to economic growth. By increasing supply and broadening tenure options, we are helping to support the Highlands’ long-term ambitions, including the opportunities presented by the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport. We look forward to building on this successful partnership in the years ahead.”
HHA and The Highland Council have worked in partnership for more than two decades, collectively delivering over 600 mid-market rent homes across the region.
Councillor Glynis Campbell Sinclair, Chair of the Housing and Property Committee at The Highland Council, said, “Increasing the supply of affordable housing remains a key priority for The Highland Council, and we have clear, ambitious plans to deliver more homes across the Highlands. This partnership demonstrates the strength of collaborative working in turning those ambitions into reality.
“We also recognise the importance of mixed-tenure developments in creating balanced, successful communities where people of different incomes and life stages can live side by side. The delivery of new mid-market rent homes in Aviemore, alongside continued investment in communities such as Conon Bridge, will help tackle housing pressures, support sustainable growth and ensure more people can live and work locally.”
In 2025, Tulloch Homes marked its 100th anniversary, celebrating a long-standing commitment to housebuilding in the region while setting out its ambitions for the future.
The housebuilder is also the delivery partner for a Masterplan Consent Area (MCA) site at Essich Road, Inverness. The Springfield Group welcomed the endorsement of Masterplan Consent Area (MCA) sites across the Highlands, as confirmed by The Highland Council on 14 May.
The endorsed MCA sites will now move forward to the next stage of the MCA process. This will include joint masterplan development between the council, developers and the local community.