Housing and homes

We aim to provide a range of good quality, affordable housing to meet the needs of Plymouth people, in partnership with other providers including housing associations.

We also work to improve rented private housing through registering landlords and providing a targeted grant aid programme, as well advice and support for private tenants.

We can also give advice to home owners on maintenance and repair issues.

Our housing department manages allocations, tenancy management, repairs and improvements, vacant properties and revenue collection for all our housing stock. It also provides housing information services to all residents in partnership with other agencies.

We have a homeless unit which investigates cases of homelessness and helps with re-housing or providing advice and assistance. Further information, including our Homelessness Strategy is available on these pages.

Our Empty Homes Strategy, which outlines how we work to reduce the number of empty private properties, is also available to download

Council tenants will find lots of useful information in this section, including advice about applying for Housing Benefit, our contents insurance scheme, conditions of tenancy, paying bills and reporting repairs, as well as contact details for all our housing offices. Our tenants’ newsletter, 'What’s Up', is also available to download.

You can find out more about saving energy in the home and ways to keep warm and reduce your bills.

There is also information on property exchanges and buying your Council home, as well as advice on planning applications.