Contact the Council
Telephone: 01353-665555
Email: Customer Services
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Housing Service
To enable all residents of East Cambridgeshire to have access to housing suitable for their needs, and to ensure that support and advice are available to achieve that objective.
Staff
Jane Hollingworth – Head of Housing
jane.hollingworth@eastcambs.gov.uk
Oliver Cook - Housing Development Officer
oliver.cook@eastcambs.gov.uk
Susan Hinawski – Senior Housing Advisor
susan.hinawski@eastcambs.gov.uk
Amy Towell - Homelessness Caseworker
amy.towell@eastcambs.gov.uk
Marion Freeman-Smith - Homelessness Prevention Officer
marion.freeman-smith@eastcambs.gov.uk
Neil Weeding - Homelessness Prevention Officer
neil.weeding@eastcambs.gov.uk
EMERGENCY Out of Hours: tel 07710 978900
East Cambridgeshire District Council transferred its housing stock and the housing register to Hereward Housing in 1993. Go to Hereward Housing's web site.
Home-Link
Home-Link is a new scheme offering more choice to housing register applicants across East Cambridgeshire and six neighbouring authorities. Home-Link choice based lettings (CBL) offers greater flexibility for applicants allowing them to choose properties from across all authority areas.
If you want to apply for council or housing association homes you should do this through the Home-Link scheme.
The Council still has responsibility for some important housing functions. Use the links below for more information
Planning the Housing Service
- Housing Strategy
- Supporting People
- Housing Service Plan
- Best Value Review of Housing
- Best Value Inspection of Housing
- Best Value Improvement Plan for Housing
- Housing Strategy: People of Black and Minority Ethnic Origin, Gypsies and Travellers, Migrant Workers
Housing development
- Strategic Housing Market Assessment
- Strategic Housing Market Assessment - Issue 6
- How the Council enables new affordable housing development
Homelessness and Housing Advice
- Homelessness and the Council’s Obligations under The Housing Act 1996 (as amended)
- Notes for guidance: Appeals & Complaints Committee – Discretionary Housing Payments [As approved: 9th January 2003]
- Information for Tenants Leaflet
Homeless Strategy and Action Plan
Private Sector housing renewal and grants
Cambridgeshire sub-Regional Housing Board (CRHB)
CRHB is a group of senior officers from the seven district councils in the sub-region, GO-East, the Housing Corporation and Cambridgeshire Horizons. The group meets monthly to discuss a variety of housing issues across the sub-region. Minutes of the meetings can be found on Cambridgeshire Horizons web site
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[+]Other Housing FAQs
| [+]Relationship Breakdown - Housing Advice
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