The Scottish Special Housing Association was established in 1937 to provide good-quality social housing . It had headquarters in Edinburgh's West End, Palmerston Place and Manor Place, Edinburgh , where it employed a large team of architects, engineers and quantity surveyors. It was responsible for the construction of many social housing estates, including "Area D" of the Hutchesontown Comprehensive Development Area ("D" was one of the more successful schemes in the area compared to the infamous "C" and "E" developments), and peripheral estates of Arden , Toryglen and Wyndford , all in Glasgow . It was an early adopter of Computer Aided Architectural Design .
4-588: Its chairman from 1968 to 1972 was Sir William Gray who went on to be Lord Provost of Glasgow. SSHA had a large Direct Labour Organisation (DLO) which helped develop a no-fines concrete building technique which was used to build thousands of houses. In 1989 it was abolished (as a direct result of Conservative policy on privatisation under Margaret Thatcher ) 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. This Scottish history -related article
8-544: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation in Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to the politics of Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sir William Gray Sir William Stevenson Gray LLD (3 May 1928 – 9 July 2000) was a 20th century Scottish business director and Chairman of Clan FM who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1972 to 1975. He
12-603: Was Chairman of the Scottish Special Housing Association from 1966 to 1972 and also the first Chairman of the Scottish Development Agency in 1975. Gray was born in Glasgow on 3 May 1928. He was educated at Hillhead High School then studied law at Glasgow University . He became a solicitor in 1958. He joined the Glasgow council in 1958 representing Yoker ward. After his positions at SSHA he
16-568: Was chairman of the Clyde Tourist Association from 1972 to 1975, concurrently with his role as Lord Provost . He retired from the council in 1975 to become chairman of the SDA. Gray was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in June 1974. Gray died of a heart attack on 9 July 2000 at Glasgow Western Infirmary. Gray was portrayed by painter Alan Sutherland . This Scottish biographical article
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