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The Guide is broken into 12 sections with four appendices. Each section covers one of the main types of potential housing options available in Angus. There are between forty to fifty different housing options to choose from and many different ways in which a solution can be achieved. For those who already have a clear idea of the particular housing solution they want to find out more about, they should refer to the contents page or index. If you are not sure which housing option is the most suitable; the following summary should help point the user towards the relevant section of the Guide.
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How to find out what you want to know from the guide
a.) Finding out about somewhere to rent
There are three sources of rented housing:
- The Council
- Housing Associations
- Private landlords
Sections 1 - Council Housing (630 KB), 2 - Housing Association Rented Housing (1.2 MB) and 3 - Private Rented Housing (50 KB), will tell you about them.
b.) Finding out about part-renting and part-owning
See section 4 - Shared Ownership Housing (100 KB)
c.) Information for public sector tenants (e.g. of the council or a Housing Association) who are interested in any of the following options:
- repairs and maintenance
- adaptations
- swapping their house (via a transfer or a mutual exchange)
- buying their house
Go to the relevant sub-paragraphs in sections 1 - Council Housing (650 KB) and 2 - Housing Association Rented Housing (1.2 MB).
d.) For those interested in building (or, in certain limited circumstances, buying) a home of their own to meet their needs but could not afford to without a public subsidy:
See sections 5 - Rural Home Ownership Grants (25 KB) and 6 - Low Cost Homes Ownership (LCHO) Opportunities (15 KB).
e.) Finding out about buying or building a house without any grant assistance
See section 7 - Buying or Building a House Without Any Grant Assistance (50 KB)
f.) Repairing or improving an occupied privately owned house, with grant assistance from the council.
Section 8 - Repairing and Improving Privately Owned Housing (100 KB), will tell you about the different options and forms of Council grant assistance.
g.) If you know of an older or disabled person who needs an adaptation to their council house, or some form of practical support to enable him or her to continue living comfortably and independently in their own home, then study sub-section 1.10.2 of section 1 - Council Housing (630 KB)
If they live in a Housing Association rented property, section 2 - Housing Association Rented Housing (1.2 MB), will tell you about the options available to them.
h.) Information for a private landlord of an empty property who might be interested in obtaining a grant to renovate it in order to be able to let it out.
Section 9 - Renovating Empty Private Homes for Rental (25 KB), will tell you about the different grants which may be available for this purpose.
i.) Information for a private developer interested in building or renovating a house to let to people with community care needs.
Turn to section 10 - Special Needs Capital Grant (15 KB) from Communities Scotland, which is available to housing providers and developers not registered with Communities Scotland.
j.) Housing Benefit is a statutory entitlement for those on low incomes that are living in rented housing.
Appendix B - Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (25 KB), will tell you about how to apply for it.
k.) Appendix C - Where to Get Good Housing Information and Advice (200 KB), gives names, addresses and telephone numbers of all the different local organisations you might want to ask for advice on some aspects of your housing related needs.
l.) Appendix D (16 KB) is the form on which you can send any suggestions or amendments to be made to the next issue of the Guide.