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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Housing and Property Services, Alness Service Point, 3/5 Obsdale Road, Alness, IV17 0TY, telephone 01349 886617
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is Tina Luxton.
She is principally based at Drummuie, Golspie, KW10 6QN, telephone 01408 635386, fax 01408 634041
Service Points in the Cromarty Firth Ward are:
At all Highland Council Service Points, you can:
In addition, at Alness and Invergordon Service Points, you can contact a housing officer.
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 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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Albyn Housing Society has recently built 18 houses for rent and 10 for low cost home ownership under the Homestake scheme in Academy Lane, Alness.
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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 Cromarty Firth ward are:
ILM Highland
Unit 1G
Teannich Industrial Estate
Alness
Ross-shire
IV17 0XS
Tel: 01349 884774;
e-mail: rosscare@ilmhighland.co.uk
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In the Cromarty Firth Ward, Community Wardens cover the following areas:
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This ward is designated as a low 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 Cromarty Firth Ward, you can contact:
ILM Highland
Unit 1G
Teannich Industrial Estate
Alness
Ross-shire
IV17 0XS
Tel: 01349 884774;
e-mail: rosscare@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 Cromarty Firth ward are:
- Alness
- Ardross
- Evanton
- Invergordon
- Milton
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There are 5 registered tenant groups for Highland Council tenants in the Cromarty Firth Ward.
- Firhill Residents Association - contact Mrs Jennifer MacLeod, 92 Firhill, Alness
- Kirkside Area Residents - contact Miss Kaye Begg, 3 Kirkside, Alness
- Milnafua Residents Association - contact Mrs Ann-Marie Ramsay, 5 Milnafua, Alness
- West Alness Residents Association - contact Mrs Jennifer MacLeod, 92 Firhill, Alness
- Invergordon Oldtown Residents Assocation - contact Mrs Rona Hooper, 17 Joss Street, Invergordon
- More information on Tenant Participation
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Apart from Alness, the Cromarty Firth Ward is designated as “pressured”, so this means that for tenants who started a new tenancy on or after 30 September 2002, the right to buy is suspended until November 2010. This does not apply to tenants in Alness who can apply to buy their houses if they have been council tenants for the necessary qualifying period.
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In the Cromarty Firth Ward, the Council has sheltered housing schemes in Firhill, Alness, Mains Avenue, Invergordon and Teandallon, Evanton.
There is also housing association sheltered and special needs housing.
Alness:
Invergordon
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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 Cromarty Firth Ward.
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