Grampian Housing Association

A group of Grampian Housing Association tenants have launched the Association’s first tenant-led scrutiny report. The volunteers investigated the tenancy sustainment services, SMART (money advice) and ASSIST (housing support) which are provided to tenants of Grampian, Castlehill and Langstane

Eight housing associations are to share a £510,000 investment from the Scottish Government towards electric hire car clubs to allow people to rent low-emission vehicles. The Plugged-in Households Grant Fund will support the associations to procure the services of car clubs.

Neil Clapperton, CEO of Grampian Housing Association, reflects on the collapse of Our Power, the housing association-backed energy provider. Our Power was an amazing creature, a utility with a heart, an energy supplier that cared for those on the margins, households in fuel poverty. It was the brain

Fresh plans by Grampian Housing Association to deliver affordable homes on the site of a former Deeside school have been lodged. The Association purchased this site with the desire to rejuvenate the C-listed Old School site in Ballater and provide 24 much-needed affordable homes.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has taken the decision to transfer Kincardine Housing Co-operative’s homes to Grampian Housing Association – the first time the Regulator has taken the decision to transfer the assets of an RSL. The move follows a period of statutory intervention by the Regulator w

Grampian Housing Association has won an appeal to build affordable houses on the site of a Victorian school in a Royal Deeside community. The application to build 26 affordable houses at the C-listed Old School site in Ballater was initially rejected amid concerns over a lack of amenities and road s

An event to find and explore practical ways to reduce waste, increase wealth and improve the quality of lives is being held in Aberdeen next month with the support of Grampian Housing Association. The Less Waste, More Wealth event aims to bring together the knowledge, skills and energy which is scat

Neil Clapperton, Peter Kennedy and Craig Stirrat of Grampian Housing Association recieving the Eco Hero Award from sponsor Terri Vogt, project manager, Circular North East Grampian Housing Association is celebrating its win of the Eco Hero award in the Northern Star Business Awards in recognition of

Councillors have named Grampian Housing Association and community group the Torry Development Trust as preferred bidders to regenerate a former primary school site in Aberdeen. First built in 1878, the granite Victoria Road school in Torry has been the subject of numerous development plans since it

(from left) Roy Dryburgh from Scotia Homes, Kevin Stewart MSP and Craig Stirrat from Grampian Housing Association Grampian Housing Association is celebrating the completion of three developments of new affordable homes, increasing its portfolio of properties for social rent throughout the North-east

Peter Kennedy, chair of Grampian Housing Association, presented with SFHA Mid-Market Rent Development of the Year 2018 award by Zhan McIntyre, policy lead at SFHA The winner of the first SFHA Mid-Market Rent Development of the Year, sponsored by Citylets, was revealed at the SFHA Annual Conference o

An application to convert an old school in Ballater into 26 affordable homes has been turned down by members of the Cairngorms National Park Authority’s planning committee, despite a recommendation from planning officers to approve it. The plans by Grampian Housing Association had involved the con

A new Grampian Housing Association development by Barratt at Kemnay is nearing completion.

Grampian Housing Association’s 61 unit development at Riverside in Aberdeen is nearing completion. The Mugiemoss is being delivered by Barratt. Images courtesy of Craig Stirrat on LinkedIn.

Chairman Norton Bertram-Smith (left) congratulates Peter Kennedy The vice chairman of Grampian Housing Association has become the organisation’s first voluntary Board member to achieve a new qualification in housing.