photo: Charlie Hedley.

Housing

Mortgage Repossession: are you struggling to pay your mortgage or worried about mortgage repossession? For help and advice click here.

Homeowners Mortgage Support (HMS): Government initiative to help people at risk of repossession.

Thinking of renting from a Private Landlord?  For a leaflet offering advice and guidance, including a 10 point checklist, click here.

This service is responsible for:

• Managing two hostels and homeshares for the homeless.
• Investigating cases of homelessness and subsequently providing housing for those households in priority groups who find themselves homeless through no fault of their own.
• Developing a Homelessness Strategy for Carlisle. (For a copy of the Homelessness Strategy click here.) 
• Developing a Housing Strategy. (For a copy of the Housing Strategy click here.)  For a revised Housing Strategy Action Plan from 2007 click here.
• Overseeing the contract between Carlisle City Council and Riverside Carlisle, in respect of former City Council-owned properties.
• Dealing with all private sector housing complaints under the Housing Health and Safety Ratings System regarding rented properties. Issuing of mandatory and additional licences for Houses in Multiple Occupation.
• Immigration Inspections for Entry Clearance to the UK: the City Council are now providing an inspection service, in respect of housing conditions, for people wishing to immigrate to the UK.  For more information click here.
• Carlisle City Council's Landlord and Property Accreditation Scheme.  For more information click here.
• Managing the City Council's Low Cost Housing Scheme.
• Managing Disabled Facility Grants.
• The City Council's obligations under the Energy Conservation legislation. For more information go to the Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre.

Contact details for housing:

Phone: (01228) 817000

E-mail: housing@carlisle.gov.uk

Transfer of Housing Stock

For information on the Transfer of Housing Stock in December 2002  Transfer of Housing Stock 

Ghyll Bank Gypsy and Traveller Site Applications

The Council are now accepting applications for the '15' pitches at the Ghyll Bank site.

For more information click here .

Housing Market Assessments 2006 - 2011

For Information about the  HMA's go to Housing Market Assessments

Strategic Housing Market Assessments

For copies of the Strategic Housing Market Assessments for Carlisle District click here.

Landlord's Forum

For details about the Landlord's Forum go to the Landlords Forum page.