Dundee City Council

Dundee City Council has announced help for households facing fuel poverty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Fuel Well Dundee Programme will support people on a low income whether they are in or out of work, on reduced incomes as a result of Covid-19, or are already experiencing fuel pover

Members of Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood services committee will be asked to approve the ending of the local authority’s policy to sell the last council house in mixed tenure locations when it becomes vacant. This policy was agreed in 2007 as a way to provide funding for much

A £700 million programme that will boost economic prosperity across Tayside and north-east Fife was confirmed today with the formal signing of the Tay Cities Region Deal.

New guidance for developers on connecting to or creating district heating systems could be adopted by Dundee City Council.

Jon Frullani Architects has submitted plans to convert a Dundee city centre car park into eight new flats. A planning application has been submitted to Dundee City Council to transform the site at 3-7 Candle Lane.

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP), set up to help councils bring empty properties back into use, has urged Dundee City Council to consider the city’s 1,209 long term empty homes as part of its strategy to address the local housing crisis. The council recently announced a £6 mil

Dundee City Council is set to further strengthen its approach to tackling domestic violence, and supporting victims and their families. The Neighbourhood Services Committee is being asked to approve a Domestic Abuse Policy designed to support victims of domestic abuse within Dundee City Council hous

Dundee City Council has approved plans to build new homes on the former site of Downfield Primary School. Despite concerns over a potential increase in traffic in the area, the planning committee gave plans for 23 new homes to be built near Camperdown Road the go-ahead.

Dundee City Council has taken action to tackle the worsening housing crisis in the city, by agreeing to take £312,000 from an Environmental Improvement Fund to provide £6 million in capital expenditure to build or buy new homes.

Plans for 34 new multi-bedroom homes in Whitfield in Dundee have been approved by Dundee City Council. The properties are to be the latest phase in a five-part project from developers DJ Laing Homes Limited, which aims to bring more homes to the Whitfield area.

Proposals to consult with Dundee City Council housing tenants on rent levels for 2021/22 will be considered by the council’s neighbourhood services committee next week. Councillors will be asked to approve a consultation that includes options for next year’s rent increase of 1.5%, 1.75%

Good progress is being made under the implementation of the Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan on homelessness in Dundee according to the first year review. The recent progress report has detailed that the council and partners have “delivered a successful first year of the five-year Rapid Rehousi

Greg Colgan has been appointed as the new chief executive of Dundee City Council. Currently the executive director of corporate services, he will take up the post upon the retiral of the current chief executive David Martin and lead the council through its long-term recovery plan following the

Routine reactive repairs to council houses in Dundee which were suspended earlier this year due to COVID-19, will restart this week. From today, Dundee City Council will start repair work that was not possible over the spring and summer months.

Dundee City Council has increased the supply of furnished flats to meet the rise in homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The homelessness quota in the council's allocation policy was increased from 45% to 55% to provide more offers of accommodation for applications and the creation of 444