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Argyll Community Housing Association Agrees Funding Deal to Support Existing and New Investments
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) and Bank of Scotland have agreed a funding facility of £60m, as part of a loan arrangement review.
The £60m loan facility will allow ACHA to continue with the investment programme in its existing housing stock, building on the £100m invested to date, to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard.
ACHA Publishes 2014/15 Landlord Report
ACHA has published its 2014/15 Landlord Report, which measures its performance against the standards set out by the Scottish Housing Charter, introduced by the Scottish Government in 2012, in terms of quality and value of the service that should be provided.
ACHA Names Garden in Bloom Winners
After a summer of very challenging weather for gardeners and everyone else, Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has judged this year’s ‘Garden in Bloom’ competition.
The competition began in 2010 and has always proved successful with entries received throughout the Mid Argyll & Kintyre area. Previously, prize winners received a vase along with their garden voucher, but for the first time this year, winners have been presented with a handsome trophy as recognition of their hard work and commitment. The names of new and previous winners will also be displayed in local area offices as a permanent record of all the winners of the competition.
ACHA wants customer input
Argyll Community Housing Association is pleased to report that a short customer satisfaction survey will be carried out during September and October.
A sample of tenants from across Argyll and Bute will be telephoned by ACHA staff and asked to contribute to the satisfaction survey. The results of the satisfaction survey will be reported to tenants and also to the Scottish Housing Regulator.
ACHA welcomes First Minister to view new housing in Oban
Argyll Community Housing Association, ACHA, welcomed Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to Oban. The First Minister visited the Association’s offices at Menzies House where she met tenants, staff and the Association’s Chair, Mike Brown.
The First Minister then visited the Association’s new build development completed recently at Catalina Avenue in Oban where she met Andy and Euphemia Birnie and was shown round their new home.