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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Housing and Property Services, Drummuie, Golspie, KW10 6QN, telephone 01408 635386, fax 01408 634041
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is Tina Luxton.
She is principally based at the Drummuie office above.
Service Points in the East Sutherland and Edderton Ward are:
At all Highland Council Service Points you can:
If you are a council tenant and have an emergency repair to report outside office hours which are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, you can phone the emergency housing number - 08457 002005.
Finding Housing: because we have many more households on the waiting lists than we are able to accommodate in council housing, we have developed A Guide to Housing Options, which gives information on the various ways of finding housing in Highland.
Homelessness: if you become homeless, please contact a housing officer to obtain advice and information. You can contact the Dornoch Housing and Property Office direct or you can ask at the Service Points above to be put in contact with a housing officer. If you become homeless outside office hours, please phone the emergency housing number - 08457 002005 so that the standby officer can help you access emergency accommodation.
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Housing is being developed for rent and low cost home ownership at Elizabeth Crescent, Dornoch. Two of the houses available under the GRO Grant scheme are now ready. Affordable housing is also being developed in nearby Morrison Court.
Affordable housing is also being developed in a site on Sutherland Road, Dornoch.
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The Care and Repair scheme offers free and confidential information and advice to older people and people with a disability who are homeowners or private tenants, to enable them to improve, repair or adapt their homes.
The Care and Repair agents for the East Sutherland and Edderton ward are:
ILM Highland
c/o Highland Council Service Point
Main Street
LAIRG
IV27 4DB
Tel: 01549 402679
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This ward is designated as standard priority area for crofting.
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The Handy Person Scheme has been established to assist elderly people and people with disabilities retain their independence by providing people to carry out a wide range of minor household repairs which are too small for a tradesperson and which are of a one-off kind.
It is mainly aimed at owner occupiers, although with the landlord’s permission repairs can be carried out on rented properties.
In the East Sutherland and Edderton Ward, you can contact:
ILM Highland
c/o Highland Council Service Point
Main Street
Lairg
Sutherland
IV27 4DB
Tel: 01549 402679
e-mail: suthcare@ilmhighland.co.uk
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Look at the Ward Statistics page to obtain information on the total number of households and the number of council houses in the ward.
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The HHR lettings areas in the East Sutherland and Edderton ward are:
- Brora
- Camore
- Dornoch
- Embo
- Golspie
- Helmsdale
- Kinbrace
- Loth
- Rogart
- Spinningdale
- Portgower
- Whiteface
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There are no registered tenant groups in the East Sutherland and Edderton Ward. If you are a council tenant and would like to form a group, please contact your local Housing and Property Office for advice on how to do so.
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The East Sutherland and Edderton Ward is not designated as pressured and therefore the Right to Buy for council house tenants has not been suspended.
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In the East Sutherland and Edderton Ward, the Council has sheltered housing schemes in Gower Court, Brora and Lovat House, Golspie.
There is also some housing association sheltered and special needs housing.
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The Council respects the rights of Gypsy/Travellers to maintain their travelling way of life. There are 4 sites in Highland, owned by the Council, which provide accommodation and related services for Gypsy/Travellers. We recognise that sometimes Gypsy/Travellers camp on other land. We have developed a protocol in line with Scottish Government guidelines that we will follow when responding to unauthorised camping by Gypsy/Travellers.
Housing and Property staff will respond to unauthorised camping on council land in the East Sutherland and Edderton Ward.
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