Scottish Special Housing Association

The Scottish Special Housing Association was established in 1937 to provide good-quality social housing. It had headquarters in Edinburgh, where it employed a large team of architects, engineers and quantity surveyors.[1] It was responsible for the construction of many social housing estates. It was an early adopter of Computer Aided Architectural Design.[2]

In 1989 it was abolished and some of its functions transferred to Scottish Homes. The 75,000 housing units were transferred to housing associations and co-operatives between 1990 and 2005.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Special Housing Association (SSHA)". Scottish Architects. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Computer Aided Architectural Design (1971)". BFI. British Film Institute. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Housing Statistics for Scotland - Public Authority Housing Stock". Scottish Government. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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