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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Housing and Property Services, Tigh na Sgire, Park Lane, Portree, IV51 9EP, telephone 01478 613806, fax 01478 613828.
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Ross, Skye and Lochaber is Tracey Urry. She is principally based at:
Hosuing and Property Services, Ross House, High Street, Dingwall, IV15 9RY, telephone 01349 868463, fax 01349 863510.
Service Points in the Eilean a' Cheò ward are:
At all Highland Council Service Points you can:
In addition, at Portree Service Point, 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 contact the Portree 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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Work is progressing on the Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association development at Home Farm, Portree which was visited by the Princess Royal.
Houses for shared equity and for rent are also being developed at Campbell's Farm, Broadford.
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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 Eilean a' Cheò ward are:
Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association
Morrison House
Bayfield
PORTREE
Isle of Skye
IV51 9EW
Tel: 01478 229150
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Rona is designated as a high priority area for crofting. The rest of the Eilean a' Cheò ward is designated as standard.
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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 Eilean a' Cheò Ward, you can contact:
Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association
Morrison House
Bayfield
Portree
Isle of Skye
IV51 9EW
Tel: 01478 612035
e-mail: info@LSHA.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 lettings areas in the Eilean a' Cheò Ward are:
- Ardvasar
- Broadford
- Carbost
- Dunvegan
- Edinbane
- Kilmuir
- Kyleakin
- Portree
- Isle of Raasay
- Staffin
- Struan
- Uig
- Glendale
- Ferrindonald
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- Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association has housing in Ardvaasar, Broadford, Carbost, Dunvegan, Edinbane, Glendale, the Isle of Raasay, Kilmuir, Kyleakin, Orbost, Portree, Skeabost, Staffin, Struan, Teangue, Uig and Waternish.
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There are no registered tenant groups in the Eilean a' Cheò Ward.
If you are a council tenant and would like to form a group, please contact your local Housing and Property office for information on how to do so.
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The Eilean a' Cheò 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.
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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 Eilean a' Cheò Ward.
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