Housing Options Guide

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Finding a home

• Renting
• Buying
• New to Glasgow
  • Housing Options for Migrant Workers

Homelessness

• Prevention
• Mortgage to Rent
  • Who Can Apply
  • The Application Process
  • The Appeals Process
• Your Rights
• Advice and Assistance
• Temporary Accommodation
• Storing Belongings
• Paying for Accommodation
• Help with Furnishings
• Contacts

Domestic Abuse

 

Council Housing

 

Scottish Homes

 

Housing Associations and Co-ops

• How to apply?
  • Allocation Policies
• Rents
• Location
• Properties
• Recent Lets
• Tenancy Rights
  • Short Scottish Secure Tenancies
• Tenant Info
  • Paying the rent
  • Repairs and Maintenance
  • Adaptations
  • Transfers and Mutual Exchanges
  • Buying Your House
    • RSLs without RTB status
• Contact Details

Housing Benefit and help with housing costs

• Housing Benefit
• Local Housing Allowance
• Under 25s
• Accession State (A8) Nationals
• Accession State (A2) Nationals
• How much will I get?

Private Renting

• Who can live there?
• How to find it
• Agencies
• Rents, deposits and charges
  • Rents
  • Housing Benefit
  • Deposits
  • Other Charges
  • Deposit guarantee
• Is your landlord registered?
• HMOs
• Tenancy agreements
  • Assured
  • Short Assured
  • Secure/ regulated
  • Other tenancies
• Repairs to your home
  • The repairing standard
  • The private rented housing panel
• Further information

Buying a home

• Glasgow housing market
  • House Prices by area
• Process of buying
• Mortgages and budgeting
  • Mortgages
  • Other costs
  • Ongoing costs
• Finding a property
• Surveys
• Making an offer
• Conveyancing
• Sheltered or retirement home
• Particular needs homes
• Grants
• Further information

Other Ownership Options

• Shared ownership schemes
  • Eligibility and how to apply
  • Where to apply
• Shared Equity (Formerly Homestake) 
• Equity Release Schemes
• Buying GRO grant properties

Repairs and improvements

• Private sector grants
  • Means Testing
• Repair grants
• Improvement grants
• Empty property grants
• Energy efficiency
  • Energy efficiency grants
• Grants for particular needs
• Care and repair
• Adaptations
• Central heating grants
• Historic buildings
• Repairs to new builds
• Common repairs and factoring services
• Handyperson service

Specialist Accommodation

• Types of Provision
  • Housing Support
• Client Groups

Further Advice

• General
• Legal
• Money
• Online
• Housing
• Benefits
• Advice for ethnic minority communities
• Feedback

Maps

• East
• North
• South East
• South West
• West