Fife Council

Fife Council has been successful in a bid for funding from the Scottish Government which will see families benefit from a “cash first “ approach. The Cash First Fund aims to reduce the need for emergency food parcels and food banks and will provide help to low-income families.

A three-year plan to tackle the challenges faced by homeless people in Fife was agreed by councillors recently amid a warning that the local authority could declare a housing emergency. Last week, SHN reported that councillors in the region said they will have no choice but to become the fourth

Councillors in Fife have warned that they will have no choice but to become the fourth Scottish local authority to declare a housing emergency unless the council receives urgent financial support.

Councillors in Fife have this week agreed plans to regenerate council housing in Touch, Dunfermline. The City of Dunfermline Area Committee voted to demolish 94 properties on Law Road and Henryson Road, with an agreement to redevelop the site for affordable housing.

Councillors in Fife have agreed to conduct a council tenant survey into plans to increase housing rents from 5-7% to balance the books and maintain services.

Fife Council's housing service has introduced a new domestic and sexual abuse policy.

Gavin Smith, chair of the CIH Scotland Board and service manager at Fife Council, reflects on the Autumn Statement and what it means for the private rented sector. On 22 November the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced as part of the UK Government’s Autumn Statement that Local

Fife Council has endorsed long-term plans to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and switch to climate friendly heating systems across the region.

Fife Council is carrying out emergency works to stabilise the collapsed coastal wall behind homes in Pittenweem’s Abbey Wall Road and The Gyles after being affected by the impact of Storm Babet.

Fife Council's Glenrothes Area Committee has given its backing to go out to community consultation for a new housing proposal on the site of the former Glenwood Centre in Glenrothes.  The proposal is for approximately 46 properties within a two and three-storey flatted development.

The shortfall between Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and the actual cost of renting a home in Scotland's private rented sector (PRS) has been highlighted in new research commissioned by CIH Scotland in partnership with Fife Council.

An innovative project spearheaded by Fife Council in collaboration with Dundee City and Clackmannanshire Councils and WEA has been honoured with the Excellent People, Excellent Outcomes award at the COSLA Excellence Awards 2023.

Councillors in Fife have approved a plan to continue providing crucial support to residents struggling with the cost of living this winter. Following last year’s coordinated winter support programme, councillors have agreed to a total of £1.84 million extra funding, to help people with t

Fife Council is making progress on tackling the challenges of homelessness and the use of temporary accommodation in Fife, councillors have been told. A meeting of the council's Cabinet Committee yesterday discussed the ways the council is working to reduce homelessness through the Ending Homelessne

Tenants living in two council-owned blocks of flats in Methil are set to benefit from a £4.5 million package of improvement works following a review of fire safety.