Dundee City Council

More than 1,000 affordable new homes will be built in Dundee between now and 2021, according to a new report set to be agreed by councillors next week. The figures are revealed in Dundee City Council’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) which also highlights the “good progress” being mad

Extra measures to further improve fire safety in Dundee City Council buildings following the Grenfell Tower tragedy have been outlined in a new report. The measures include the installation of new fire and smoke alarms in domestic properties in line with new Scottish Government guidance.

Kevin Cordell Tenants renting a council house in Dundee could see an increase of around £3 a week if councillors back a consultation on the options.

Councillors have approved a spending programme for the latest £3.25 million phase of an external wall insulation programme in Dundee. Work at Broughty Ferry and Craigiebank will cover the homes of both council tenants and owner occupiers at another 415 properties.

An innovative system that helps to tackle the behaviour of men convicted of domestic abuse while supporting victims is being rolled out in Dundee. Councillors were told this week that the Scottish Government has pledged £666,276 up to the end of 2020 to implement the Caledonian system to

A programme of external wall insulation carried out by Dundee City Council has been recognised with a series of awards. At the Energy Efficiency Awards held in Birmingham, the local authority won the Council of the Year Award and second place for the Insulation and Fabric Project.

Kevin Cordell Good progress is being made on a new approach to homelessness and housing options in Dundee, according to the first year review.

Almost 40 houses in Dundee could have new external cladding if councillors approve a £598,000 tender. The work at 38 cottages in Murrayfield Gardens will see the existing timber weatherboard cladding replaced with low maintenance PVC.

Dundee City Council has unveiled plans to develop around 35 new social let homes on the site of a block of flats set for demolition. Local authority architect Ray Low told a meeting of North East Local Community Planning Partnership that the new homes will be built at Murrayfield Drive and Murrayfie

Kevin Cordell A range of improvement works are to take place in Dundee following approval by Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood services committee.

The Blackness Road flats have been approved for demolition. Image credit: Google Street View Dundee City Council is to seek compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) in order to progress its plans to demolish 26 flats and replace them with modern flats and a shop.

Bruce Forbes By Bruce Forbes, director of Angus Housing Association

Robin Presswood Dundee City Council has announced the appointment of Robin Presswood as its new executive director of city development.

Kevin Cordell Council house tenants in Dundee have given their landlords the thumbs-up in a recent survey in a performance bettering the Scottish average.

The head of Angus Housing Association has called on Dundee City Council to “up their game” when it comes to the quality of landscaping maintenance they carry out in Whitfield and other residential parts of the city.