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 .

Sheltered - 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.

Market rents - properties are allocated on the basis of Choice Based Lettings but on a first-come-first-served basis by applying to homehunt^® NES. Allocations will be made based on the affordability of the property rather than housing need.

Mutual Exchange - is a free service we provide to allows tenants of the co-operative, local authorities and other housing organisations to swap properties.  To find out more click here.

How To Apply

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. 

Leaflets on How To Apply for housing is now available in several languages and can be downloaded  in Adobe^® PDF format by clicking on the links below. Alternatively please contact our offices for the printed versions.

You can also find out more on how we allocate properties in our Allocations Policy, which is available for download by clicking here (Adobe^® file 177.91 Kb)

homehunt^® NES

From 5^th June 2006, Castlehill Housing Association and Tenants First Housing Co-operative have introduced a new way of letting our properties. We are using a Choice Based Lettings system called homehunt® North East Scotland (homehunt® NES). 

If you wish to apply for a property with either Castlehill Housing Association or Tenants First Housing Co-operative you will need register with homehunt® NES. To register please visit the website at www.homehunt.info/register.asp and select "North East Scotland" from the providers list and input your own details.

To view full details of available properties please visit www.homehunt.info and enter search preferences. Alternatively you can view summary details on our current advert which you can download by clicking here (Adobe^® file).

To find out how a property you applied for was allocated please download our quarterly newsletter by clicking here (Adobe^® file).

PLEASE NOTE: When bidding for a homehunt NES property, we will ONLY contact you if you have successfully been allocated the property you bid for. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 48 hours of the closing date for the property you bid for, you will not have been successful on that occasion. We would encourage you to continue bidding for properties that you are eligible for when properties are next advertised.

If you are unsure what properties you are eligible for please telephone our office on 01224 628101 or email us at homehuntnes@castlehillha.co.uk, or write to us at homehunt ^® NES, 4 Carden Place, Aberdeen, AB10 1UT. It is also advisable to register with other landlords to increase your chances of being housed.

We also have a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page where you may find some useful information on applying for housing. 

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