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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Housing and Property Services, Rotterdam Street, Thurso, KW14 8AB, telephone 01847 805505, fax 01847 805508
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is Tina Luxton.
She is principally based at:
Housing and Property Services, Drummuie, Golspie, KW10 6QN, telephone 01408 635386, fax 01408634041.
Service Points in the Thurso Ward are:
At all Highland Council Service Points, you can:
In addition, at Thurso 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 write or phone the Thurso Housing and Property office direct or you can ask at the Service Point 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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There are currently many affordable housing developments being undertaken in Thurso::
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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 Thurso ward are:
Pentland Housing Association
37 - 39 Traill Street
THURSO
KW14 8EG
Tel: 01847 892507
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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 Thurso Ward, you can contact:
Pentland Housing Association
37/39 Traill Street
Thurso
Caithness
KW14 8EG
Tel: 01847 892507
e-mail: pha@pentlandhousing.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 Thurso ward are:
- Thurso Central
- Thurso East
- Thurso West
- Scrabster
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The following housing associations have general needs housing in the Thurso Ward
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There is one registered tenant group in the Thurso Ward.
Ormlie Community Association - contact Mrs Lorna Simpson, 108 Marr Terrace, Thurso.
If you are a council tenant elsewhere in Thurso and would like to form a group in your area, please contact your nearest Housing and Property office for information on how to go about this.
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The Thurso ward has not been designated as pressured, and therefore there is no suspension of the Right to Buy for council house tenants who have been tenants for the necessary qualifying period.
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In the Thurso Ward, the Council has a sheltered housing scheme in Oldfield Court, Thurso
The following housing associations have special needs housing in Thurso:
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The Council respects the rights of Gypsy/Travellers to maintain their travelling way of life. Many Gypsy/Travellers in Highland prefer not to use the Council's camps, but set up camps on other pieces of land. We have developed a protocol in line with Scottish Executive 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 Thurso Ward.
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