Castlehill Housing Association was founded in 1970 to provide good quality housing for young single parents and their children. In 1975 Castlehill took over the Aberdeen Old People’s Housing Association and began to also provide Sheltered Housing for the elderly.
During the 1970’s and 80’s the Association expanded by building new sheltered housing schemes throughout the former Grampian Region and by purchasing and improving sub-standard tenement properties in Aberdeen City.
We operate across three Local Authority areas; Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray. Through our subsidiary, Grampian Community Care Charitable Trust, we provide specially designed housing for people with particular needs. The bulk of our stock is for affordable rent but we also have a number of shared ownership properties. As of 2012, we currently own and manage over 1900 properties and over 8000 households are registered with us seeking housing.
The Association is funded partly by grants and partly by loans from banks and building societies. It is a non-profit making charity and is monitored by the Scottish Housing Regulator.
In 2011, we established a non-registered, non-charitable subsidiary, “Castlehill Solutions”, to enable us to carry out activities that are complimentary to the core objectives of Castlehill but could not be done by the parent charitable Company.
We have over 1900 properties across North East Scotland, including general needs, amenity, sheltered, very sheltered, mid-market rent and shared ownership.
The Association is thrilled to be able to share that it has won the prestigious TPAS award for Involving Tenants in shaping or scrutinising services. The basis of which is the work done collectively by SMT, Housing Services, and HR, involving tenants and staff leading to the incredibly successful launch of Independent Living across the region.
Celebrating over the festive season amid the cost-of-living crisis is unquestionably making what can be a stressful time of year for some even more stress filled. We understand that many are worried about when their benefits come in, and know that post-pandemic many people are battling with their mental well-being.
The weather has changed significantly over the last few days. And we know many of our older tenants may be worried about costs. Have you checked to find out if you are eligible for Pension Credit?
As we approach the winter, we would like to remind tenants that we have a useful leaflet about Mould and Mildew which can be accessed on the website here.
