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Rent Consultation 2025

The WSHA rent consultation for 2025 is now open and we are seeking to gather tenant views on the proposed rent increase for 2025. The consultation will take place over three weeks, with the deadline for responses 21st November 2024.

 

Please read the below document and complete the survey or tear off slip to provide us with your comments and feedback on the proposed rent increase.

WSHA Annual Report 2023 - 2024

Latest Newsletter

Noticeboard

20 Dec Office Closure over Festive Period The WSHA office building will be closed from close of business on Monday 23rd December 2024 and will re-open on Monday 6th January 2025.
19 Dec WSHA Christmas Event 2024 On 30th November 2024 we hosted our third annual Christmas Event.
09 Dec Community Projects Fund 2025–2026 Applications for the Community Projects Fund 2025–2026 are now open.
05 Dec Who to contact if your bin is not emptied Glasgow City Council are responsible for emptying the bins not WSHA. If your bin is not emptied/missed bin collection or overflowing, you need to contact Glasgow City Council.
19 Nov Housing Perks – helping tenants save money WSHA has recently launched Housing Perks - giving tenants access to discounts of up to 10% with over 100 brands and stores, to help save money with everyday spending*. It’s free, quick and easy to sign up and is available to all WSHA tenants.
02 Nov WSHA Highlights from 2023-2024 We’ve created a short video to share our key highlights from 2023-24.
22 Oct WSHA receive £33,500 from The National Lottery Community Fund This funding has been awarded to support the inspiring work being done by our team at the Whiteinch Community Shop, which opened in May 2024.
17 Oct Who is my local Councillor or MP? Find out who your local Councillor of MP is in this article.
09 Oct WSHA Go Live with HomeMaster WSHA has partnered with HomeMaster to deliver an integrated housing and finance system to manage its 1,300 rented and 600 factored properties.
08 Oct Fake Universal Credit app warning If you get Universal Credit (UC) do not download a universal credit (UC) app – it’s a fake and by downloading it you could be at risk of identity theft and fraud. Do not respond to any text claiming to be from UC - these are fake too.
07 Oct WSHA’s NEW Housing Assistant We are delighted to welcome our new Housing Assistant - Gillian Grimason – to WSHA.
04 Oct Rental Income Management Policy – review WSHA are looking for tenant’s view on the Rental Income Management Policy.
04 Oct Lets Be Heard Scottish Government Covid Inquiry Tenants Together Scotland will be facilitating a range of group Discussions with tenants in the social rented sector to hear about their experiences during the pandemic.
19 Sep Unplanned Interruption to Your Water Supply Scottish Water have produced a leaflet with FAQs on an Unplanned Interruption to Your Water Supply.
19 Sep Recycling Heroes! Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association have successfully recycled over 1.2 tonnes of textiles at our recycling bank (in partnership with The Lintel Trust) opposite our offices at 1 Northinch Street.
17 Sep Scottish Water Issues Scottish Water Issues
16 Sep WSHA Business Plan 2024-2029 WSHA Business Plan 2024-2029
06 Sep Change to Glasgow City Council domestic noise response service Glasgow City Council no longer operates an out of hours domestic noise response service.
06 Sep Social Security Scotland Social Security Drop In @ 1pm 18/09/2024
06 Sep Aico Resident Engagement Day – 23rd September 2024 Meet the team from Aico who will be set up outside the Whiteinch Centre on their touring van to find out more about their smoke and heat alarms and environmental sensors.
02 Sep Parent Network Scotland – Drop In Drop In – First Wednesday of the month, 12.00 – 15.00 @ The Whiteinch Centre
02 Sep WorkingRite Pathfinder Programme 16-24? Want to get started in the word of work? WorkingRite offers a varied employment programme including mentored work placements and on the job training.
23 Aug Annual Tenants Satisfaction Survey 2024 now completed The Tenants Satisfaction Survey for 2024 is now finished. A big thank you to all tenants that took part! All participants have been entered into a prize draw and winners will be contacted next week.
21 Aug MyGlasgow App – an app to contact Glasgow City Council My Glasgow is a mobile phone app that enables you to report issues to Glasgow City Council.
14 Aug WSHA Bursary Fund - £200 towards books or equipment WSHA have some funding available to help tenants and members of tenants’ households who are attending a further/higher education course at a recognised college or university.
18 Jul Who to contact if your bins are not being emptied If your bin is not being emptied you need to contact Glasgow City Council. WSHA are not responsible for the emptying of rubbish bins.
27 Jun Committee of Management 2024/25 WSHA’s Annual General Meeting took place on 26th June at the Whiteinch Centre where elections to the Management Committee were announced
27 Jun SCAM CALLS from 0161 884 0885 If you received a call from 0161 884 0885 asking about repairs please hang up and block the number – this is a scam call.
19 Jun What’s on at the Whiteinch Centre What’s on at the Whiteinch Centre
19 Jun Reduce Re-use & Raise Funds WSHA have partnered with the Lintel Trust to reward your recycling with funding to spend in the community.
23 May Free books for children of tenants between 0-5 Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association, in partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, can provide free age-appropriate books to the children of tenants of the Association who qualify.
22 May Delays in processing Discretionary Housing Benefit payments Glasgow City Council have advised that there is a delay in processing DHP requests.
11 Apr Police Scotland – How to check an officer’s identity We are aware there has been a recent increase in scams and frauds which utilise impersonation as a core part of the crime. Police Scotland have produced a flyer with information on how to check an officer’s identity.
18 Mar Appointments with Welfare Rights Officer As you know, since February we’ve only have one Welfare Rights Officer, Lauren. She’s incredibly busy so there is a delay in getting an appointment with her and we ask for your patience and understanding about this. The good news is that we have a new Welfare Rights Officer starting in April so waiting time for an appointment will reduce when they are in post.
12 Mar WSHA partner with WorkingRite Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association (WSHA) have partnered with WorkingRite, offering placements for young people from the Whiteinch and Scotstoun areas.
12 Mar Thriving Places: Housing Associations, Co-operatives and Community Investment WSHA has been featured in the SFHA ‘Thriving Places’ Report, highlighting the role of housing associations as community anchors.
26 Feb Reduce, Reuse and Raise Funds for Your Community We are taking part in a Lintel Trust initiative aimed to help raise money to be spent in our community. Lintel Trust has provided a branded textile recycling bank, in partnership with Clyde Recycling, placed next to our office.
16 Feb Family Fund FREE face-to-face iPad workshop National charity Family Fund is running a free face-to-face iPad workshop in Scotstoun, Glasgow on Tuesday 20 February from 11.00am - 1.30pm.
17 Jan WSHA and Glasgow Eco Trust partnership services for tenants WSHA and Glasgow Eco Trust partnership services for tenants
08 Jan We are proud to be part of Vodafone’s everyone.connected programme We are proud to be part of Vodafone’s everyone.connected programme to help 4 MILLION people and businesses cross the digital divide.
08 Jan We have partnered with WorkingRite Whiteinch & Scotstoun HA have partnered with WorkingRite to provide employment & training opportunities for young people aged 16-24
19 Dec Office Closure over Festive Period The WSHA office will be closed from 1pm on Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024; re-opening on Thursday 4th January 2024.
14 Dec WSHA Christmas Fayre 2023 On the 2nd December WSHA held our second Christmas Fayre.
13 Dec Community Projects Fund 2024–2025 Applications for the Community Projects Fund 2024–2025 are now open.
07 Dec Warm Home Discount Warm Home Discount – money available to help with electricity bills
06 Dec Whiteinch Community Council Update The latest update includes information regarding the Burgh Halls, Street / Civic Trees, Park Defibrillator, Tennis Courts, Library Underpass, Christmas Lights and Meeting Arrangements.
23 Nov Get cosy with the Energy Saving Trust’s energy saving tips Follow the Energy Saving Trust’s tips & advice for quick and easy ways to save energy, lower your bills and reduce your carbon footprint.
14 Nov Community Advisory Group The Whiteinch Centre are holding an information session on Monday 20th November 2023 to provide more details on the launch of our Community Advisory Group.
09 Nov WSHA joins VPCT WSHA joins Victoria Park Community Trust as a member organisation

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