The social rented homes will form part of the housebuilder’s £48m, 174-home Althamer View development, which features a range of three-, four- and five-bedroom properties.

A first between the two organisations, the partnership deal is a further example of the housebuilder’s multi-tenure strategy, which has seen Avant Homes deliver its energy efficient, quality new homes for a range of affordable housing and private rented sector (PRS) providers.

All the homes typically have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of B or above.

Work is already underway on the 52 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes which comprise bungalow, apartments, terraced and semi-detached house types. The first residents are scheduled to move into the properties at the end of October.

Avant Homes partnerships director, Colin Connell, said: “This is an excellent first deal for us to secure with ELHA.

“It will increase the supply of energy efficient, socially rented housing within Blindwells and help further establish the new residential community being delivered there as part of the masterplan for the area.

“We have established a strong working relationship with ELHA and have every intention of partnering with them again in the future. Doing so will allow the further successful delivery of our multi-tenure strategy in Scotland and give more people access to our quality, energy efficient new homes.”