Social Landlords
Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) provide quality affordable housing for those in housing
need. Housing Associations, Housing Co-operatives and Local Housing Companies all
fall under the term Registered Social Landlords .
RSLs are non-profit making friendly societies, run by professional staff, but
controlled by voluntary management committees.
Communities Scotland, the government's national housing agency, award housing associations
grants towards the costs of building homes for rent or shared ownership.
For many years Government policy has seen funds for providing new social rented
housing channelled through Registered Social Landlords rather than to provide new
Council housing.
Therefore, it is important to recognise that nowadays housing associations and
RSLs are the main providers of new and affordable housing opportunities for local
people in housing need.
View the Scottish Social Housing Charter
Registered Social Landlords in South Ayrshire
There are around 200 RSLs in Scotland, registered with Scottish Homes. In South
Ayrshire, there are 2 local and 6 national and regional R.S.L's who have stock in
the area.
The eight RSLs, which operate within South Ayrshire, provide a variety of accommodation
types for different client groups. They play a major role to play in achieving the
council's targets for dealing with care in the community, community regeneration,
homelessness and improving the quality of housing.
Their names, addresses and contact numbers are listed at in the table below, individual
RSL profiles are given in the next section.
Each RSL has their own individual allocations' policy and points systems although
most are based on some kind of needs assessment. They also provide varying types
of accommodation from mainstream housing to amenity & sheltered housing.
Rent charges and service charges in RSLs also vary, an indication of how much
you might expect to pay is given in each individual RSL profile in the relevant
sections. If you are on a low income, you can apply for Housing Benefit to help
towards the cost of your rent. See
Housing Benefit & Council Tax reduction for further information on housing
Benefit.
Name
|
Area Address Office
|
Telephone
|
Ayrshire Housing
(ex. Carrick Housing Ass. & South Ayrshire Homes)
|
119 Main Street,
Ayr.
KA8 8BX
|
01292 880 120
|
Blue Triangle (Glasgow) Housing Association
|
Chalmers Court
36 Chalmers St,
Ayr. KA7 1EA
|
Office:
01292 284821
Hostel
01292 297008
|
Hanover Housing Association
|
5 Newton Place,
Glasgow
G3 7PR
|
0141 353 1353
|
Link Housing
Association
|
Abbeymill Business Centre,
Mile End Mill,
Unit 1005/1010,
12 Seedhill Rd,
Paisley,
PA1 1JS
|
Tel: 0141 840 6380
Fax: 0141 840 6381
|
Margaret
Blackwood Housing Association
|
West of
Scotland Office,
Suite 102,
The Pentagon Centre,
Washington Streeet,
Glasgow
G3 8AZ
|
0141 204 2706
|
Trust Housing
Association Ltd
|
Pavilion 5
Watermark Business Park
345 Govan Road
Glasgow
G51 2SE
|
Tel 0141 227 1994
Fax 0141 427 6479
|
West
of Scotland Housing Association
|
Ayrshire Area,
Office 17,
Portland Road,
Kilmarnock,
KA1 2BT
|
01563 573 636
|
RSL Tenancy Agreements
As a result of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 a single social tenancy has been
introduced for council tenants and RSL tenants. This replaces the assured and secure
tenancy agreements formerly used by RSLs.
This new single social tenancy is known as The Scottish Secure Tenancy (S.S.T) and
is aimed at giving tenants in all forms of social housing similar tenancy conditions.
Nomination Agreements with the Council
Most councils and RSLs have nomination agreements to refer applicants on the
council's waiting lists to the RSLs when vacancies arise.
Most agreements are that the council are allowed to nominate people from their lists
for 50% of RSL vacancies.
However, this arrangement only gives the council the right to suggest names of applicants
to RSLs, It is up to the RSL to decide who the property is actually allocated
to. South Ayrshire Council has nomination agreements with all eight RSLs operating
in South Ayrshire.
If you are on the council waiting list you will automatically be nominated, unless
you specifically express not to be.