Applying for Housing
Tenants First provide rented housing under these schemes.
General & Special Needs Housing
Anyone aged 16 or over may apply for affordable, good quality rented housing in Aberdeenshire and in the City of Aberdeen by applying to homehunt® NES allocated on the basis of Choice Based Lettings.
Sheltered Housing
Accommodation that provides a safe, supportive and stable environment as you get older. Sheltered housing is allocated on the basis of Choice Based Lettings by applying to homehunt® NES. To find out more details on our schemes visit our Sheltered Housing page.
Mutual Exchange
A free service we provide to allow tenants of the co-operative, local authorities and other housing organisations to swap properties.
To find out more click here.
More Information
You can view where we have our properties by visiting our Property Map page.
To find out more information on applying for housing please click here.
You can also find out more on how we allocate properties in our Allocations Policy, which is available in our Policy Library.
New Supply Shared Equity scheme
Grampian Housing Association have been chosen to administer this scheme, which covers new developments and replaces the previous 'Homestake' initiative. All developments under the New Supply Shared Equity scheme will be advertised in the local press and on Grampian Housing's website. Click here to find out more.
Potentially Disadvantaged Groups
It is widely recognised that the choice based lettings (CBL) allocation system could disadvantage certain groups which include:
- very elderly or infirm
- people with learning difficulties
- people with lack of literacy
- recent migrants and others with a limited command of English
- People with limited access to the internet
To maximise access to housing and to protect the interests of those who might face particular difficulties using CBL, the Co-operative has in place a number of mechanisms which include , but are not limited to:
- provision of personal assistance in navigating the application process
- provision of a dedicated Ethnic Minority Outreach Worker
- contacting applicants with the highest award (gold pass) if no interest in a property has been made within a set time
- direct mailing of vacant properties to applicants and agencies
- facility to translate allocation information into other languages
- information on vacant properties advertised via phone
- proxy bidding by advocates, family members etc.
