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If you have any queries about housing, you can write or phone:
Housing and Property Services, Lochaber House, High Street, Fort William, PH33 6EL, telephone 01397 707299, fax 01397 707247
The Area Housing and Property Manager for Ross, Skye and Lochaber is Tracey Urry.
She is principally based at Ross House, High Street, Dingwall, IV15 9RY, telephone 01349 868463, fax 01349 863510.
Service Points in the Fort William and Ardnamurchan Ward are:
At all Highland Council Service Points you can:
In addition, at Fort William 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 - 0845 7002005.
Finding Housing: because we have many more households on the waiting list 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 finidng housing in Highland.
Homelessness: if you become homeless, please contact a housing officer to obtain advice and information. You can contact the Fort William Huosing and Property office direct, or else 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 - 0845 7002005, 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 Fort William and Ardnamurchan ward are:
Lochaber Housing Association
30 Fassiferm Road
FORT WILLIAM
PH33 6XQ
Tel: 01397 702530
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In the Fort William and Ardnamurchan Ward, Community Wardens cover the Plantation in Fort William and Kinlochleven. To contact your community warden, please phone 01397 707299
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Ardnamurchan and Moidart are designated as high priority areas for crofting. Appin is designated as low priority. The rest of the ward is standard priority.
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There is a Gypsy/Traveller site, with 12 pitches, at Kentallan, which is open all year round.
For information on how to apply for a pitch, please contact the Fort William Housing and Property office.
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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 Fort William and Ardnamurchan Ward are:
- Achaphubuil
- Acharacle
- Ardgour
- Ballachulish
- Claggan
- Drimmin
- Duror
- Fort William
- Glencoe
- Inverlochy
- Kentallan
- Kilchoan
- Kinlochleven
- Lochaline
- North Ballachulish
- Onich
- Strontian
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- Lochaber Housing Association has housing in Achnaphubuil, Acharacle, Ardgour, Ballachulish, Duror, Fort William, Glencoe, Kilchoan, Kinlochleven, North Ballachulish and Strontian.
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There are no registered tenant groups in the Fort William and Ardnamurchan Ward.
If you are a council tenant in the Ward and would like to form a group, please contact your local Housing and Property office for advice on how to do so.
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Apart from the Plantation Estate in Fort William, Kinlochleven and the three streets of Carn Dearg, The Corries and Polmona in Claggan, the Fort William and Ardnamurchan 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. Tenants in the Plantation, Fort William, Kinlochleven and Carn Dearg, the Corries and and Polmona in Claggan can apply to buy their houses if they have been tenants for the necessary qualifying period.
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There are council houses with alarms systems in Strontian.
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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 Fort William and Ardnamurchan Ward.