Skye and Raasay housing performance report

At today’s (Monday 25 November 2024) Skye and Raasay Area Committee Members noted the housing performance report.

Skye and Raasay Area Committee Chair, Cllr John Finlayson said: “It is encouraging to see that rent arrears dropped in Q2 by £10,501.00, this is a significant amount and demonstrates the efforts and early intervention of our local housing team who carry out a crucial role and ongoing training to ensure they can assist tenants with up to date information and can refer people to existing and new grant funding,  direct tenants to agencies available that can help ensure they can access support to which they are entitled and can assist with debt and personal budgeting issues.

“We encourage anyone experiencing financial difficulty and/or rent arrears to get in touch with your Local Housing Officer and/or Welfare Support to ensure that all entitled financial support and energy saving measures are in place.”