Fife Council

Fife Council is bringing empty homes back into use as part of its ongoing response to the housing emergency declared in March 2024. The move comes as the council publishes its Housing Emergency Strategic Statement, which outlines a series of transformative actions to address systemic challenges in t

Fife Council has stressed its focus on tenant safety by agreeing a comprehensive response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Part 2 report.

Fife Council’s Cabinet Committee has agreed to purchase nine new build houses from Persimmon Homes as part of the ongoing efforts to tackle the housing emergency and provide more affordable homes for local families. The properties, four in Kirkcaldy and five in Markinch, will be added to the c

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) paid a visit to Dunfermline yesterday to launch a new professional standards self-assessment tool designed to be used at an organisational level, to embed the professional standards across a housing team or organisation.

Fife Council has approved a significant change to its housing allocations policy, enabling single applicants to be considered for two-bedroom homes. The decision, made by the cabinet committee in April, follows a key recommendation from a cross-party and partnership-led group established to review t

Fife Council is inviting residents to share their views on short-term lets and the potential designation of Short-term Let Control Areas within Fife.   This consultation aims to gather public opinion on the principle of implementing control areas within which short-term lets would need planning

More than 200 new council houses are back on track after work was stopped on four sites across Fife last year. Fife Council's Cabinet Committee last week approved the appointment of contractors to build council houses at Lochgelly Road, Lumphinnans, Bellyeoman in Dunfermline, and New Flockhouse in L

Fife Council is progressing an agreement with Campion Homes that will see the council deliver 40 new council houses at Evershed Drive in Dunfermline. Councillors at the local authority's Cabinet Committee on 29 May gave their approval, and work is set to begin on site in July with an expected comple

Fife Council is making progress on reducing the use of private accommodation as temporary housing, councillors heard yesterday. The local authority declared a Housing Emergency on 21st March last year.

Residents in Kirkcaldy, Dysart, Kinghorn, Burntisland, and Auchtertool can now benefit from a new Handy Person Service, designed to support individuals with small household repairs and tasks.

Housebuilder Cruden has unveiled proposals to deliver affordable homes on the site of the former Postings Shopping Centre in Kirkcaldy Town Centre.

Fife Council’s Property Flood Resilience Grant (PFRG) scheme is open for applicants, following the scheme extension for 2025.

A small grants scheme which has supported a range of projects across the Levenmouth area in recent years has been boosted by a further £100,000.

Fife Council is progressing an agreement with Campion Homes that will see the council deliver 41 new, much needed council houses at the former council depot site at Elgin St in Dunfermline.

Kirkcaldy area councillors have agreed how the £126,000 anti-poverty budget for the area should be spent over the next three years.