Dundee City Council

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

The latest £6.7 million phase of an external wall insulation (EWI) programme in Dundee will provide warmer, more energy efficient homes at more than 740 properties, councillors heard last night at the investment was approved by the local authority. More than £46m has been spent across th

Dundee City Council must quicken progress to address complex and deep-rooted problems such as poverty, inequality and drug-related deaths, according to the Accounts Commission.

Partners involved in the proposed Tay Cities Deal have reaffirmed their desire to sign the final deal.

New guidance for developers on connecting to or creating district heating systems in Dundee could be set for consultation.

The chief executive of Dundee City Council, David Martin, is to retire early next year.  Mr Martin, who will be 60 in November, said it had been a “huge privilege” to serve in the role for the last six years.

The latest £2.2 million phase of an external wall insulation (EWI) programme in Dundee will provide warmer, more energy efficient homes at more than 270 properties, the council's neighbourhood services committee will hear today. 

Multi-storey developments in Dundee are set to receive additional fire safety improvement works when councillors consider proposals at the local authority's neighbourhood services committee today. The proposals include new door sets for individual flats, new fire doors and replacement floor covering

Kirkwood Homes’ plan to increase the size of its Linlathen Village development in Broughty Ferry has been waved through on appeal after it was knocked back by councillors.