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ACHA secures final part of the deal for a further Connel New Build
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) have been able to secure the final two pieces of the jigsaw to build a third phase of affordable homes in the village of Connel, north of Oban. Argyll and Bute Council confirmed planning approval this week and ACHA were then able to acquire the site.
The Scottish Government, Argyll and Bute Council and ACHA had given a commitment earlier to fund the new development. It will be made up of 10 homes for affordable rent comprising of 4 x 3 bedroom houses, 2 x 2 bedroom houses and 4 x 2 bedroom flats. The total cost of the project will be in the region of £1.6million.
ACHA Welcomes Scottish Government Support for Welfare Rights
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has welcomed a grant approval by the Scottish Government of £170,000 to support its Welfare Rights Information Service through the People and Communities Fund.
The Association has, over the past 6 years, supported a small team of staff to work with tenants on low incomes and who have been vulnerable to welfare reform changes.
Acha Go on Site at Victoria Park
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) have just gone on site with 5 three bedroom family homes in Victoria Park in Dunoon.
The development on ACHA owned land will be built by M&K MacLeod of Lochgilphead. The onsite work will take around a year with an anticipated handover in the Spring of 2017.
Drug Dealers Not Tolerated
ACHA’s policy of zero tolerance against tenants, their families, friends and visitors who use it’s housing stock for immoral or illegal purposes was again tested when an order was granted to recover a property from a tenant recently.
The tenant, who lived in a property close to the town centre, was convicted of a drugs related offence at Dunoon Sheriff Court.
£1.2 Million for Tenants
The Welfare Rights Information Project, a partnership run by Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) with the help of Bute Advice Centre for the benefit of ACHA tenants has passed a major milestone. The project has generated more than £1.2 million since it began in May.
The welfare rights team has been working with tenants who needed assistance with existing claims or in other cases have started claims from scratch. Almost £400,000 of the total was related to housing benefit, greatly assisting tenants to remain in their homes. The project was funded by the Scottish Government to the level of £200,000, with further assistance from ACHA and Argyll and Bute Council.
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