Neighbourhood Services
HOUSING
HOW TO USE THE HOUSING OPTIONS
GUIDE
The guide is broken in to 8 sections
and can be accessed using the menu to the right as well as the index.
Each section covers one of the main types of housing solution that is
available in East Ayrshire. There are often several different ways in
which the solution can be achieved and these make up the forty to fifty
different housing options available to choose from locally. There are
two formats:- viewable online and downloadable PDFs.
For those who already have a
clear idea of the particular housing solution they want to find out more
about, then use the index
to find the section and sub-section you need.
If you are not sure which option may be most suitable in the circumstances,
then the following summary should help point the user towards the relevant
sections of the guide.
How to find out what you want
to know in the Guide
a) If you want to find somewhere to rent
There are three sources of rented
housing:
The
Council
Housing associations
Private landlords
b) If you are already a public sector tenant (e.g. a council tenant or
a housing association tenant) and are interested in any of the following
options
Repairs
and maintenance
Adaptations
Swapping
your house (via a transfer or mutual exchange)
Buying your
house
c) If you are interested in repairing
or improving an occupied privately owned house,with grant assistance
from the Council.
d) If you know of or are an older or disabled person who needs an adaptation
to their house or some other form of practical support
to enable him or her to continue living comfortably and independently
in their own home
If they live in a Council or Housing Association property, sections 1.4
(Residential), and 2.2
(Special Needs) will tell you about the options.
e) If you are, or know of,
a private landlord
of an empty property who might be interested in getting a grant to renovate
and let it out
f) If you are, or know of,
a private developer interested in building
or renovating a house to let to people with community care needs
g) Housing Benefit is a statutory
entitlement for those on low incomes that are living in rented housing
Appendix A will tell you
about how to apply
for it.
Appendix B gives the names
and addresses and telephone numbers of all the different local
offices you might want to contact and ask for advice on some aspect
of your housing related needs.
Appendix C is the form
for you to use to return any amendments
you want made to the Guide when it is updated and republished annually.
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