Gardeen operates an open Housing List to which all applicants aged 16 years or over are entitled to apply and have their application assessed.
Applications can be made directly to the Association by completion of the Association's application form or through the EHRA common housing register system.
The Association is a member of the Easterhouse Housing and Regeneration Alliance (EHRA) common housing register. The intention of this process is to make application for rehousing much simpler for an applicant and to give a better indication of housing need within our wider environment. This system involves the 7 local registered social landlords (RSLs), but not Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) at present:
Blairtummock Housing Association
Calvay Housing Association
Easthall Park Housing Co-operative
Gardeen Housing Association
Lochfield Park Housing Association
Provanhall Housign Association
Wellhouse Housing Association
With this system applicants need only complete one application to be considered for rehousing by all 7 members. If an applicant also wants to be considered for GHA rehousing they will also need to complete a GHA form. This should mean that an applicant only has to complete a maximum of 2 forms to be considered for rehousing locally, much easier than the previous system whereby 8 forms would have been required.
As determined by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, the Association in allocating its properties must give reasonable preference to persons who:
a) are occupying houses which do not meet the tolerable standard;
b) are occupying overcrowded houses;
c) have large families;
d) are living under unsatisfactory housing conditions;
e) homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness.
This means that the Association must give due weight to the above factors, but it does not restrict the Association to taking only these factors into account.
Tenancy exchanges will be considered between Gardeen tenants, other RSL tenants, tenants of private landlords and nationally, tenants of landlords participating in the HomeSwapper scheme.
If you would like to download a Housing Application Form you can do so from the Important Documents section on this website.