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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Housing and Property Services, 21 - 23 Church Street, Inverness, IV1 1DY, telephone 01463 703800, fax 01463 703917
You can also visit, write or phone the Housing and Property Office at:
31 - 35 Craigton Avenue, Inverness, IV3 8AZ, telephone: 01463 718848
fax: 01463 718913
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey is Murray Cochrane. He is principally based at the Inverness Church Street office.
The Service Point in the Inverness Central ward is
At all Highland Council Service Points you can:
In addition, at Inverness 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, whcih 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 write or phone the Housing and Property offices direct, or you can ask at the Service Point above to speak to 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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13 new homes have been made available for purchase under the Homestake scheme, through Cairn Housing Association, in Strothers Lane, Inverness.
The former Dalneigh hostel is being developed to provide 33 flats for rent and 10 for low cost home ownership through Homestake.
New housing has been developed at Mill Court, South Kessock. These properties are available for low cost home ownership under the shared equity scheme.
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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 Inverness Central ward are:
Care and Repair
Cairn Housing Association
Cairn House
30 Waterloo Place
INVERNESS
IV1 1NB
Tel: 01463 229150
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In the Inverness Central Ward, Community Wardens cover Merkinch and Dalneigh. You can contact your Community Warden by phoning the housing office at 31 - 35 Craigton Avenue, 01463 718848
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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 Inverness Central Ward ward are:
- South Kessock
- Carse/Merkinch/Muirtown
- Dalneigh
- Central/Crown
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The following housing associations have housing in Inverness.
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There are 5 registered tenant groups in the Inverness Central Ward.
- Glendoe Terrace Residents Association - contact Mrs Dawn Beaton, 108 Glendoe Terrace, Inverness
- South Kessock Residents Association - contact Yvonne Stewart, 72 Rosehough Road, Inverness
- Capel Inch Residents Association - contact Mrs Cath Mackay, 88 Anderson Street, Inverness
- Abbey Cameron Tenants and Residents Association - contact Mr Iver Bisset, 2 Abban Street, Inverness
- Dalneigh Residents Association - contact Mrs Tracey Macpherson, 60 St Valery Avenue, Inverness
- More information on Tenant Participation
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Apart from Merkinch (including Carse and South Kessock, but excluding Friars Street and Glebe Street), the Inverness Central 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 council house tenants in Merkinch, who can apply to buy their houses after they have been tenants for the necessary qualifying period.
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In the Inverness Central Ward, the Council has sheltered housing schemes in:
- Balnacraig Court
- Balnacraig Road
- Haugh Court
- Haugh Road
- Queen Mother House
- St John's Road
- St Mary's Road
The following housing associations also have sheltered and special needs housing in the Inverness Central ward
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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 Inverness Central Ward.
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