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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Housing and Property Services, Ross House, High Street, Dingwall, IV15 9RY, telephone 01349 868463, fax 01349 863510.
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Ross, Skye and Lochaber is Tracey Urry.
She is principally based at the Housing and Property Services office in Dingwall.
Service Points in the Dingwall and Seaforth Ward are:
At all Highland Council Service Points, you can:
In addition, at Dingwall and Muir of Ord 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 contact the Dingwall 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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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 Dingwall and Seaforth 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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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 disabilties 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 Dingwall and Seaforth 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 lettings areas in the Dingwall and Seaforth Ward are:
- Conon Bridge
- Dingwall Central
- Dingwall North
- Dingwall South
- Maryburgh
- Muir of Ord
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There are 2 registered tenant groups in the Dingwall and Seaforth Ward.
- Docharty Residents Association - contact Liz Jack, 30 Millbank Road, Dingwall
- Tulloch Wood Residents Association - contact Morag Black, 44 Deas Avenue, Dingwalll
If you are a council tenant living elsewhere in the ward and you would like to form a tenants group, please contact your nearest Housing and Property office to get information on how to do so.
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The following housing associations have stock in the Dingwall and Seaforth Ward
The Dingwall and Seaforth 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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In the Dingwall and Seaforth Ward, the Council has sheltered housing schemes in Castle Wynd, Dingwall and Balvaird Terrace, Muir of Ord
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. 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 Dingwall and Seaforth Ward.
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