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E-Form

An online e-form is available for Housing Enquiries

Correspondence

All letters should be addressed to:

The Housing Department
Civic Centre
St Peter's Street
St Albans
Herts
AL1 3JE

All letters that require a response should be replied to within 10 working days of receipt and in practice most will be responded to in less than that. Most housing staff are located in the Civic Centre but even those who work elsewhere have arrangements for receiving mail addressed to them at that office.

Office visits

The Customer Services Centre in the Civic Centre is available to deal with routine housing enquiries. On arrival at the centre you should take a ticket from the machine and wait until your number is called. The Customer Services Centre is open Monday to Thursday 8.45 am to 5 pm and Fridays 8.45 am - 4.30 pm. This service will deal with all housing matters including tenancy matters, rents, repairs and Housing Options. If your enquiry requires a detailed discussion private interview facilities are available. Unless you make a specific appointment in advance it may not be possible to see any particular member of staff but there will be someone available to see you.

Telephone

You can contact the Housing Department on the normal Council number (01727) 866100. However, this will put you through to the Council switchboard and you may experience a slight delay while the switchboard operator puts you through to the correct extension. The following direct dial numbers will enable you to get straight through to the office you need with the minimum of delay.

Direct Dial to the Housing Department


The area code for St Albans is 01727 but you only need to use this if you are ringing from outside the St Albans telephone area.

Reporting Repairs - daytime -
  01727 819256
 
Reporting Non Emergency Repairs - out of hours -
 01727 819493
 
Emergency Repairs - out of hours -
 01727 811155
 
Improvements
 01727 819489
 
Transfers
01727 819480 or 01727  819412
 
Housing Register
 01727 819480 
  
Housing Options
 01727 819408
 
Lettings
 01727 819412
 
Rent Accounts
  01727 819414/5/7/8
 
Rent Arrears
 01727 819414/5/7/8
 
Tenancy Problems
 01727 819414/5/7/8
 
Garages
 01727 819256
 
Mutual Exchanges
 819414/5/7/8
 
Elderly Services
 01727 836093
 
Ethnic Minority Issues
 01727 819463
 
Fax
 01727 819377 
 

Email

If you want to report a NON-EMERGENCY repair please e-mail h.repairs@stalbans.gov.uk
For Housing Management please e-mail housingmanagement@stalbans.gov.uk

Direct Debit

Print and complete a mandate to pay Rent by Direct Debit.
Return the completed form to:

Finance Rents
St Albans City and District Council
Civic Centre
St Peter's Street
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 3JE

or email the form:
financerents@stalbans.gov.uk

Date of last review: 27 September 2010