Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Vale of White Horse District Council

Housing

The Council's Housing Services Team can help with a range of housing needs from advice on housing problems to how to save energy in your home. For details of the Housing Service's Customer Service Charter please see The Housing Service promise to customers. For more information and to find out how to contact relevant housing officers see the following pages:

Affordable housing in the Vale

Find out what the Council is doing to ensure more social housing is provided in the Vale.

Help to improve your home

See these pages for details of the range of grants that are available to help you improve your home as well as advice on improvements and repairs.

Housing advice

We can provide a range of advice to people who are in housing need or at risk of becoming homeless. We can advise people on the range of housing options that are available - from renting in the private sector to shared ownership schemes. See also our weekly list of properties available to rent privately in the Vale, and our specific information for young people in housing need.

Housing contacts

See here for information about how to contact the Vale's Housing Teams, and for contact details for housing associations and other useful bodies.

How to apply for housing

Find out how to join our Housing Register, how your application will be dealt with and how you can bid for a house through our Choice Based Lettings scheme.

Planning

If you are looking to expand or develop your home, you may need planning permission or Building Regulations approval. Please see our Planning applications and Building control pages for more information.

Private sector housing

Find out how we can help ensure that private sector housing is in good repair and meets minimum standards. See here also for advice for tenants and landlords in the private housing sector, as well as for information about how we licence and monitor mobile home parks and houses of multiple occupancy.

Saving energy

See these pages to find out why it is important to save energy and for lots of advice on how you can do this including no cost and low cost energy-saving measures and the Vale Energy Team’s top ten energy saving tips. There are also details of the grants available to help you make your home more energy efficient.