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What is a Housing Association and Co-op?

Barony Housing Association
Cairn Housing Association
Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association
Dunedin Canmore Housing Association Ltd
Hillcrest Housing Association Ltd
Home Scotland Ltd
Hunters Hall Housing Co-Operative Ltd
Link Housing Association
Prospect Community Housing
Trust Housing Association Ltd
Viewpoint Housing Association
West Granton Housing Co-Operative Ltd

Housing Associations & Co-Operatives are not for profit organisations formed to provide and manage affordable homes for rent. They may also provide other services such as shared ownership but any homes you see advertised in this paper will be for rent.

Do they provide security and value for money?

The tenancy agreement they use provides exactly the same rights as that used by the Council. Their rents are roughly the same as ours and where service charges apply these will be displayed in the advert.
Do they provide a repairs service?

Yes in just the same way as the council their repairs service is just a phone call away.
If my bid is successful who will contact me?

The landlord of the property you bid for will contact you direct, arrange for you to view the property, and if you wish to accept, arrange for you to sign the tenancy agreement and make a date for moving in.
Are there any more Housing Associations & Co-Ops likely to start advertising their homes?

Due to the success of the trial period there are now 12 Housing Associations and Co-ops advertising through EH Your Key to Choice.
Do I have the right to buy?

In the majority of circumstances if you accept a Housing Association or Co-Op property you will not have the right to buy your home.
If you require further information on your right to buy eligibility it is important that you discuss this with the Housing Association before you sign your new tenancy agreement.
Do you have any views about Housing Associations & Co-Ops joining us in EH Your Key To Choice? Do you think it is a good thing? Do you know enough about Housing Associations & Co-Ops or would you like to know more. E-mail your views, questions and comments to: edindex@edinburgh.gov.uk . We will be happy to answer any queries you have. Alternatively telephone 0131 529-7634.

Barony Housing Association

Barony Housing Association

Barony Housing Association has only 28 one and two bedroom flats in Edinburgh and therefore the turnover of tenancies for let is normally very low. All vacancies will however be advertised through EH Your Key to Choice.

Barony is a charitable housing association that also provides accommodation in other areas of central Scotland as well as care & support services via another arm of the organisation.

Housing staff are based at 6 Fairbairn Place, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6TN and an be contacted on 0871 700 7777 or at info@baronyha.org.uk
Barony Housing Association
6 Fairbairn Place
Livingston, EH54 6TN
Tel: 0871 700 7777

Cairn Housing Association

Cairn Housing Association

"Cairn HA will provide good quality affordable homes and services in communities where people want to live"
Cairn Housing Association has been in existence for more than thirty years and has nearly 3000 properties under management throughout Scotland. We have offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Coatbridge and Thurso.
In Edinburgh Cairn HA has various types of accommodation to meet a range of needs including: general needs housing, amenity, sheltered and very sheltered housing. We also have two care homes in Edinburgh.

Our staff provide a comprehensive housing management and responsive repairs service to our tenants from our centrally located office at: 43 London Street, Edinburgh EH3 6LX. Tel: 0131 556 4511.

Further information on the location of our properties in Edinburgh can be found by logging onto the Housing Options Guide at www.edinburgh.gov.uk or by logging onto our website at www.cairnha.com . You may also wish to telephone or drop into our office where our staff will be happy to assist you.
Cairn Housing Association
22 York Place
Edinburgh, EH1 3EP
Tel: 0131 556 4511
Web: (External) www.cairnha.com

Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association

Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association

Castle Rock Edinvar aims to create places where people want to live.
Castle Rock and Edinvar Housing Associations merged in August 2005 as part of the Places for People Group.
Our staff are committed to providing a customer focussed service from our area offices in Hay Avenue, Craigmillar; Wellgate House in central Edinburgh; Pentland House, Livingston and Main Street, Newtongrange.
We manage around 5500 properties throughout Edinburgh, the Lothians, Clackmannan, Stirling and East Dunbartonshire to meet a wide range of housing needs.
In Edinburgh we have around 3000 properties from studio flats to 4 bedroom houses that provide a mixture of general, amenity, wheelchair standard and sheltered housing.
Our contact centre provides a 24 hour service for tenants to report repairs at a time convenient to them.
We encourage tenants to get involved and shape our services.
You can obtain further information on the type and location of our properties in Edinburgh by logging onto the Housing Options Guide at www.edinburgh.gov.uk or by contacting our Allocations team on tel: 0131 657 0679.
Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association
1 Hay Avenue
Edinburgh, EH16 4RN
Tel: 0131 657 0679
Web: (External) www.placesforpeople.co.uk

Dunedin Canmore Housing Association Ltd

Dunedin Canmore Housing Association Ltd

The Dunedin Canmore Group is a key provider of housing and related services in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife, with approximately 4,000 properties.
Dunedin Canmore Housing Association - a registered Scottish charity (SCO34572), is part of this group and provides a wide range of homes and related services on a not-for-profit basis. As well as families, DCHA provides housing and support to single people, couples, older people, wheelchair users, ethnic minorities and people with varying support needs.
You can obtain further information on the type and location of our properties in Edinburgh by logging onto the Housing Options Guide at www.edinburgh.gov.uk, by contacting our Allocations Team on 478 8888 or by emailing: allocations@dunedincanmore.org.uk

Dunedin Canmore Housing Association Ltd
8 New Mart Road
Edinburgh, EH14 1RL
Tel: 0131 478 8888
Web: www.dunedincanmore.org.uk

Hillcrest Housing Association Ltd

Hillcrest Housing Association Ltd

Founded in 1967, Hillcrest is a mature and diverse Scottish housing association with over 5,000 properties in management.
Hillcrest has a broad spectrum of housing stock by age, type and location. There is a large, traditional tenemental base in Dundee. The majority new build portfolio is of good quality and the Association has a leading reputation for high design standards with many award winning projects. Locational spread is from remote rural cottages in the Angus Glens, through small villages and traditional burghs, to Glenrothes new town and suburban and inner city including high profile city centre projects in Dundee and Edinburgh. Given Tayside’s textile history HHA also as a number of converted mill buildings many of them of outstanding architectural merit.

The current property portfolio consists of :
- 5,000 rented flats and houses
- 24 care homes
- 7 offices
- 40 shops
- 180 garages
- 230 shared ownership properties

In addition Hillcrest provides property factoring for 420 owner occupiers and landscape management for a further 600 owners.
Hillcrest Housing Association Ltd
126 Canongate
Edinburgh, EH8 8DD
Tel: 0131 558 8555
Web: www.hillcrest.org.uk

Home Scotland Ltd

Home Scotland Ltd

With around 3,000 properties, Home Scotland is one of the country’s leading providers of affordable housing and tenancy support.
In Edinburgh, the organisation currently owns and manages 228 homes in the Southhouse area, Robertson Gait, Giles Street and Burdiehouse Street, and over the next couple of years, it will build over 100 new homes in the city.
Work is progressing on Home Scotland’s biggest-ever new build social rented housing development in the city, in Elbe Street, and when completed in early 2009, it will provide 88 much-needed affordable homes for rent.
A further 40 affordable homes are also to be built as part of the redevelopment of the Telford College Campus sites in Telford Road.
Home Scotland is interested in so much more than just housing provision and is committed to the development and improvement of the communities it serves.
Community activities in areas like Southhouse are fully intergrated into Home Scotland’s core business and it encourages all of its tenants to become actively involved in their communities and make a real difference.
Through its Home Support service, Home Scotland also provides housing-led support, including advice on money management and debt advice, to tenants who may struggle to maintain their tenancy, helping them avoid the risk of homelessness.
This service provides support for between six months and two years, after which time individuals should have gained the skills and confidence to be able to cope independently within the community.
Home Scotland Ltd
Unit 3, Q Court
Quality Street, Davidson’s Mains
Edinburgh, EH4 5BP
Free Phone : 0800 587 4218
Tel: 0131 336 5876
Web: (External) www.homeinscotland.org.uk

Hunters Hall Housing Co-Operative Ltd

Hunters Hall Housing Co-Operative Ltd

Hunters Hall Housing Co-operative will support and encourage tenants to create a safe environment, within a friendly and welcoming community.

We will provide affordable, well-maintained houses.

We will promote community ownership of our houses and encourage the active participation of Co-op tenants and their families in the management of their houses and environment.
Hunters Hall Housing Co-operative has 201 homes in the Niddrie House area of Craigmillar in East Edinburgh. We have both houses and flats, which range in size from 1 bedroom to 4 bedrooms. Our houses are available to rent only and we do not offer the Right to Buy to tenants.

We are a Fully Mutual Housing Co-operative, this means that only Members can become tenants. If you are short-listed for housing with us, we will invite you to a membership interview, conducted by two Committee Members. This is an informal interview which covers such things as why you wish to become a member and how you would handle certain situations if you became a tenant. You will not be asked about your housing circumstances. Our Management Committee will then either accept or refuse your membership application. The membership fee is £1.00, payable only if you become a tenant.

If you believe we have not dealt with your application properly or if you disagree with a decision we have made, we encourage you to contact us. Our Service Complaints and Appeals policies can be collected from our office.

Hunters Hall Housing Co-Operative Ltd
77 Niddrie House Drive
Edinburgh, EH16 4TR
Tel: 0131 657 3379

Link Housing Association

Link Housing Association

Link Housing Association has been providing high quality, affordable homes in Edinburgh for nearly 45 years. Today, we have around 1000 houses and flats for affordable rent in locations across the city.
We are committed to delivering the best possible standards of service and support. We work hard to be responsive to our customers' needs and aspirations and we constantly strive to exceed their expectations.
Our local housing officers spend most of their time out and about in the Edinburgh communities we serve, which means our tenants have a familiar face to speak to should they have any questions or concerns about their tenancies or related issues. In addition, our central Customer Service Centre offers an efficient telephone service, staffed by our friendly and knowledgeable team. Whether a call relates to a tenant's rent account, a repair or an enquiry about available property, our team at the CSC can provide the answers.
Link Housing Association is part of the Link group of companies. LinkLiving offers housing support services, helping vulnerable people live as independently as possible, while Linkwide's Advice Team offers information about welfare rights and debt. The services offered by LinkLiving and Linkwide are available to tenants of Link Housing Association.
Every new tenant receives a comprehensive handbook, which provides useful information about Link Housing Association and their tenancy, and we also produce a newsletter twice a year which keeps our tenants up to date with all the latest information and announcements.
For more information about Link Housing Association, please visit our web site at www.linkhousing.co.uk or call the CSC on 08451 400 100.
Link: working together; providing homes; building communities; valuing people
Link Housing Association
Watling House
Callendar Business Park
Falkirk, FK1 1XR
Tel: 0845 140 0100
Web: (External) www.linkhousing.co.uk/link_housing/

Prospect Community Housing

Prospect Community Housing

Prospect Community Housing provides and manages 888 homes for rent in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.
We’ve got a great mix of tenants – all ages, and all kinds of households.
Set up by local people in 1988, our community attachment will always be strong. We’re still managed by a board made up of people who live in the areas we serve.
As well as providing high quality homes, our aim is to constantly improve our services, through our own efforts and by working with other organisations.
Categories of Housing are Mainstream, Amenity, Shared Ownership and Wheelchair.
Prospect Community Housing
6 Westburn Avenue
Wester Hailes
Edinburgh, EH14 2TH
Tel: 0131 458 5480
Web: (External) www.prospectch.org.uk

Trust Housing Association Ltd

Trust Housing Association Ltd

Established in 1973 the then Kirk Care Housing Association was formed to assist older people and others in housing need. Our objectives today follow a similar path, and we provide over 2400 homes throughout Scotland with 185 of these homes in Edinburgh (5 Sheltered developments and one Amenity development). We offer a range of rented accommodation for old people and others in housing need. Our name changed to Trust Housing Association in 2004 as well as organisational restructuring.

All of our housing complexes are developed specifically to create a safe and secure environment and enhances quality of life and provides peace of mind.
Trust Housing Association Ltd
12 New Mart Road
Edinburgh, EH14 1RL
Tel: 0131 444 1200
Web: (External) www.trustha.org.uk

Viewpoint Housing Association

Viewpoint Housing Association

Viewpoint HA specialises in accommodation for those over 50 years of age, but also has some general needs accommodation in the Edinburgh areas. Our properties are maintained to a high standard and are a mixture of houses, flats and studios.

The types of housing service we offer are :
Alarmed / Dispersed Alarmed Housing - for people over 50 years of age. There is no on-site staff but properties are linked to an alarm system 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These properties also benefit from inactivity monitoring and accommodation is either on ground or first floor or accessible by lifts.

Amenity Housing - for people over 50 years of age with mobility problems. There are no on site staff but accommodation is on ground or first floor levels.

Enhanced Supported Housing - for people over 60 years of age. These properties are again on ground or first floors or accessible by lifts and benefit from on site staff working 7 hours per day 7 days per week. Individual properties are subject to activity monitoring.

Sheltered Housing - for for people over 60 years of age. These properties are again on ground or first floors or accessible by lifts and benefit from on site staff working Monday to Friday each week, 6 hours per day. Individual properties are subject to activity monitoring.

General Needs Housing - for anyone over 16 years of age. In conjunction with the above, Viewpoint may carry out a whole range of services for their tenants ranging from gardening to stair cleaning. These are paid for via a service charge which is paid along with the rent.

If you wish to find out where these are please log on to our website at www.viewpoint.org.uk.
Viewpoint Housing Association
4 South Oswald Road
Edinburgh, EH9 2HG
Tel: 0131 668 4247
Web: (External) www.viewpoint.org.uk

West Granton Housing Co-Operative Ltd

WestGranton Housing Co-Operative Ltd

WGHC Ltd is a non profit making housing landlord. It was formed in 1990 by local people to improve housing.
It is a fully mutual co-operative housing association so tenants must become members. WGHC is controlled by its tenants through its elected committee of management. This decides strategy and policy and monitors performance.
The purpose of the Co-operative is to provide good quality rented housing at rents affordable to people on low incomes and generally to improve the facilities and quality of life in its area of operation.
WGHC employs staff and also uses consultants and contractors to carry out its daily business. It is an independent organisation and is not connected in any way to the City of Edinburgh Council.

All WGHC's houses are in West Granton and West Pilton, North West Edinburgh.
West Granton Housing Co-Operative Ltd
26 Granton Mill Crescent
Edinburgh, EH4 4UT
Tel: 0131 551 5035
Fax: 0131 551 7235
Email: mail@westgrantonhc.co.uk
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