Centre81

General information

About Us
Clydebank Housing Association was established by local residents in 1984 and working in partnership with the Housing Corporation and with the Local Authority, set out to improve housing and regenerate the central and east areas of the town. The Association was registered with the Housing Corporation in January 1985 and so celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015.

In the earlier years, our development work was concentrated on the modernisation of the tenements in the town centre. When this work was finished, we embarked on a programme of new building to provide more new houses and flats for rent and for shared ownership. Today our aim to develop where possible and continue to provide good quality, affordable housing remains to the forefront.

We aim to be able to provide a mix of homes in a variety of sizes and types, both to cope with current housing need and to allow for transfers from one type of housing to another as needs change, as children are born, grow up and leave home, or as older residents find they need to downsize.

In 1999, we acquired over 750 houses in Clydebank from the previous landlord, Scottish Homes, increasing our stock to over 1100 houses and flats, catering for all types of people including the elderly, disabled people and those with special needs.

We are a “not for profit” organisation and a registered Scottish Charity. We are committed to community control. Our policy is to encourage tenants to become members of the Management Committee and to take an active part in the running of the Association.

As an Employer
As we grow, our role as an employer becomes more significant. We are committed to equal opportunities, are a Disability Confident Employer and our track record in staff training and development earned us “Investors in People” status for the sixth time in 2012 and “Investors in People Gold Accreditation” in 2015. We have now maintained commitment to the standard longer than any other Housing Association. In September 2016 we were successful in achieving Investor in Young People Gold also.

Our Wider Role
We have also undertaken a ‘wider role‘ in our community where we aim to improve the social, economic and environmental circumstances of the community in which we operate. Our regeneration centre, Centre81, delivers these objectives.

We own and manage CHA Power Ltd which provides energy efficient and affordable heat and hot water to our residents in Radnor Park and to the local church through a combined heat and power system.

Another example of our wider role is our refurbishment of a former bank to create Clydebank Social Economy Centre to provide quality, inclusive accommodation for social economy, voluntary and community businesses. The Social Economy Centre is currently home to the Citizens Advice Bureau West Dunbartonshire and Community Links Scotland.

Now for some more facts....
We own and manage c.1,100 houses
We employ c. 30 staff
We are Scottish Charity No. SC 033962
We are registered with the Scottish Housing Regulator, registration no. 86
We are registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Act 2014, no. 2191RS
We are a member of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
We are registered as a property factor no. PF000231 and are factor to 600 owners
We are registered at 77-83 Kilbowie Road, Clydebank G81 1BL