Housing Options in Dundee

The Scottish Government is committed to helping people meet their aspirations to become home owners and has recently announced an expansion of its scheme to help first-time buyers, The Open Market Shared Equity Pilot (OMSEP). The scheme is being rolled out across Scotland with an increased budget of £60 million for 2009-2010. It is expected to help around 1,500 households this year.

The scheme is part of the Scottish Government's Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers (LIFT), to help people on low to moderate incomes buy an affordable home.

If you are unable to buy a property outright on the open market, then shared ownership, run by some housing associations, may be an option for you. Shared Ownership is a part buy, part rent scheme, which enables you to buy a home in stages.

We provide sheltered housing to over 2500 tenants in over 30 complexes across the city. The complexes vary in size and type, and all of them have a Sheltered Housing Warden Service.

The Sheltered Housing Wardens are trained professionals who co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the sheltered housing complex and help tenants to organise social activities and events.

When are the Wardens on duty?

This will depend on the areas of the city and the types of property you have chosen.

Due to high demand and the lack of available housing in certain areas this might affect the length of time you may have to wait for housing in your preferred area.

This is particularly the case in areas where a large number of Council houses have been sold and more people want council housing than there are houses available.

This would apply to, but is not limited to areas such as, Broughty Ferry, Barnhill, Forthill, Taybank, Craigiebank, Blackness and Elgin Granton.

SVR provides full board supported accommodation in single rooms, all of which are ensuite, for former members of the Armed Forces/Merchant Navy or their spouses/partners.

Contact details

Rosendael
3 Victoria Road
Broughty Ferry
Dundee DD5 1BE Map
Tel: 01382 477078
Email: graeme@svronline.org
Website: www.svronline.org

Type of housing available

You could have the house of your dreams by building it yourself. Part of the enjoyment of building your own home is that you have choices to suit your lifestyle. You can build it to your exact requirements e.g. where you want to build it, the size, design, layout, fittings and decoration.

Before you start on a self build project you should source as much information and advice that you can:

The Council has a power (rather than a duty) to investigate whether you have a local connection to the area.

You will have a local connection to Dundee if:

You may be assessed as intentionally homeless if you were responsible in some way for becoming homeless through your own actions.

This could include antisocial behaviour, unwilling to pay your rent or not acting on advice that would have prevented you becoming homeless. We also take into account whether it would have been reasonable to expect, or to have expected for you to have stayed in your accommodation.

Before making an intentionally homeless decision, the Council will take into account all factors in the case and make a judgement on that basis.

Our commitment:

To ensure that you have equal and open access to our homeless services.

We will:

Dundee City Council has legal duties to help people who are homeless or who are threatened with homelessness within two months. Our duties are laid down in law by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 as amended.

We must also take account of the Scottish Executive’s ‘Code of Guidance on Homelessness’, published in June 2004. This code of guidance provides information on how local authorities should interpret the homeless legislation.

If you are homeless or about to become homeless you have the right: