Renting from a registered social landlord
Housing associations are ‘not-for-profit’ organisations who offer affordable accommodation. Some specialise in accommodation for particular groups of people such as older people or disabled people. Many are registered social landlords which means they are required to register with the Government.
Housing association rents are generally cheaper than rents with a private landlord, but may be a little higher than council rents. If you rent from a housing association you will most likely have a Scottish secure tenancy.
Find out more about Housing Associations and Co-operatives in Aberdeenshire:
- Osprey Housing
- Ark Housing
- Cairn Housing
- Castlehill Housing
- Grampian Housing
- Hanover (Scotland) Housing
- Langstane Housing
- Blackwood Homes
- Sanctuary Housing
Osprey Housing
Osprey Housing accommodations provide affordable housing and manages a very sheltered housing scheme and a number of smaller schemes for those with particular needs.
They manage over 700 properties in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Their properties are located throughout the North East, from Fraserburgh and Portsoy in the north, to Ballater in the west and St Cyrus in the south.
Osprey Housing 
22 Abercrombie Court
Arnhall Business Park
Westhill
AB32 6FE
Tel: 01224 548000
Ark Housing Association Ltd
ARK Housing Association provides flexible housing and support to people with learning difficulties and others who require assistance to live independently.
Ark Housing Partnership
The Priory
Canaan Lane
Edinburgh
AB10 4SG
Tel: 0131 4479027
Cairn Housing Association
Cairn Housing Association provides affordable housing services to communities throughout Scotland. They have studio and one-bedroom flats at their retirement court at Frank Jack Court in Peterhead.
Cairn manages over 3,200 homes with area offices in Bellshill and Inverness, with their head office in Edinburgh.
Cairn Housing Association
North Area Office
Cairn House
30 Waterloo Place
Inverness
IV1 1NB
Tel: 0800 990 3405 (free from landlines)
Tel: 0300 456 1245 (local rate from mobiles)
Castlehill Housing Association
Castlehill Housing Association provides rented accommodation for single people and families, sheltered and very sheltered properties for the over 60s and shared ownership cottages and flats for older people.
Castlehill Housing Association Ltd
4 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Tel: 01224 625822
Grampian Housing Association
Grampian Housing Association provides affordable homes to rent to a range of people, including single people, couples, families, older people and people with special needs.
The Association also takes part in low cost home ownership initiatives including:
- Shared ownership (a part-rent, part-buy scheme)
- New Supply Shared Equity scheme which allows applicants to buy an equity share of a new property. Applicants should be first time buyers or have experienced a significant change in circumstances
- Open Market Shared Equity Pilot scheme which aims to help people on low incomes who wish to purchase a home on the open market but cannot afford to pay the full market price for a property
For further information regarding these schemes call the Grampian Housing Association sales team on freephone 0800 1214496.
The Association accepts applications if you are aged 16 or over.
Grampian Housing Association Ltd
Huntly House
74 Huntly Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1TD
Tel: 01224 202900
Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association
Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association mainly specialises in housing for older people, but also has a small number of developments providing housing for families, often designed around a cul-de-sac or courtyards to provide a safer environment for children and pets.
Hanover manages homes for more than 830 households in Aberdeenshire and Moray offering the choice of rented, shared ownership and fully owned housing.
Hanover (Scotland Housing Association Ltd
Northern Area Office
12 Institution Road
Elgin
IV30 1QX
Tel: 01343 548585
Langstane Housing Association
Langstane Housing Association provides affordable rented accommodation to single people, couples and families. The ethos is to provide housing for people who may be disadvantaged in the housing market whilst continuing to contribute to the regeneration and sustainability of communities.
The association is registered as a registered social landlord and currently provide housing for over 1,000 tenants throughout Moray and Aberdeenshire.
Langstane Housing Association Ltd
680 King Street
Aberdeen
AB24 1SL
Tel: 01224 423000
Blackwood Homes
Blackwood Ho
mes provide houses at affordable rents or for shared ownership for both disabled and non-disabled people and their families.
They currently have around 1,600 properties ranging from one-bedroom flats to five-bedroom family houses in 91 small, mixed community developments.
Most of their houses and flats are in small, independent estates of mixed house types, or are individual properties scattered throughout the wider community. They also have 13 developments which offer varying degrees of staff support.
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association Ltd
16 Raeden Court
Aberdeen
AB15 5PF
Tel: 01224 326331
Sanctuary Housing
Sanctuary Housing provides affordable accommodation for single people and families. Sanctuary Housing was formed in 2000. They have over 600 properties in Aberdeenshire.
Sanctuary Housing is the largest fully mutual housing co-op in Britain meaning that it is wholly owned by tenants.
Sanctuary Housing
2 Donside Village Square
Aberdeen
AB24 2PL
Tel: 01224 283500
Nominations
We work closely with other social landlords to provide housing. We have formal agreements specifying the level of requests which should be made to us for vacant housing association properties.
Usually 50% of vacancies would be offered for allocation to people on our waiting list. If the development is new and we have provided land or funding this can increase to 80–100% for the first round of allocations.