Highland Council

The Highland Council's  Housing and Property Committee has commended the hybrid tenant participation and engagement model currently being delivered across Highland. Housing and Property Committee chair, Councillor Glynis Sinclair, said: “The report before Members today demonstrates the on

Sutherland Area Committee Members have agreed to repurpose two of their previously allocated funding awards towards providing cost of living support to local residents. Complementing the Highland Council's Cost of Living Support Fund, this will help in supporting local initiatives to keep people war

Members of the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed to increase the Winter Discretionary Payments Scheme for eligible people in the Inverness area for 2022/23. Available funds within the Inverness Common Good Fund have been used to help people most at need to heat th

The Highland Council, working in partnership with Inverness City Heritage Trust, has created a free to download guide to help promote essential, regular inspection and maintenance of all traditional buildings. Throughout the Highlands there are many examples of commercial, retail, business, public a

The latest impacts on the Highland Council's Capital Programme are to be considered by councillors this week with a number of reports setting out the context of the ongoing financial crisis across the UK. A range of factors, including the pandemic, Brexit, the war in Ukraine, and related impact

The Highland Council is inviting applications for “Cost of Living Community Support Initiative Funding” to support local people in the coming winter months. At a meeting of The Highland Council on 22 September 2022, Councillors approved the creation of a Highland-wide grant fund of up to

The community-led development of 15 affordable homes, flats and self-build plots was granted full planning permission at the end of September. The project above Kirkton Gardens was initiated by Lochcarron Community Development Company (LCDC) based on strong local need, and is being taken forward by

The ‘Have Your Say Highland’ community engagement survey concluded on the 9th of September in time for the launch of a £5 million pound Community Regeneration Funding programme being administered by the Highland Council. A total of 1,669 people across Highland completed the council

Members of the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed to continue the Winter Discretionary Payments Scheme for eligible people in the Inverness area for 2022/23. A one-off payment of £97 per household will be awarded to support those most in need of financial ass

A new Climate Change Committee that will also provide scrutiny on social housing is to be created in the Highlands. The terms of reference and the formal creation of the new committee was agreed at a meeting of the Highland Council yesterday.

The Highland Council is inviting organisations to apply for over £5 million community regeneration funding to finance projects that will respond to the needs of their local area and have a positive community impact. Community Regeneration Funding is an umbrella term being used to cover multipl

There is still time to fill out the Local Housing Strategy survey which is open until 30 September 2022. The Highland Council are seeking local community feedback by way of a public housing survey that will help steer the new Local Housing Strategy (LHS) 2023-2028.

The Highland Council is to consider a £3.223 million package of proposals to help alleviate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on Highland residents. In the latest published figures from the Scottish Household Survey Report 2019, 33% of Highland households were in fuel poverty, compared w

Housing and property committee members from the Highland Council met yesterday and agreed to fund two specialist advisors to help offer advice and support to tenants that are adversely affected by rising energy prices. To assist with more specialist energy advice support, the council is in discussio

Certain areas of the Highlands do not have enough social housing to keep up with demand, according to a new report published by the Highland Council.  Almost half of the total social housing applications are for Inverness, where applications jumped by 10% last year, while Badenoch and Stra