Housing
The Council’s Housing webpages provide information and guidance for our housing tenants and leaseholders, and advice for people seeking help with housing or facing homelessness.
Repairs Covid -19
Morgan Sindall are operating but with a reduced service. Priority is being given to emergency repairs.
Housing news
Council wins £250,000 Green Homes grant
A £250,000 Green Homes grant has been obtained to make up to 50 homes in St Albans District carbon neutral.
Redevelopment of run-down depot will create more social housing
New much-needed social housing could be created in St Albans City Centre with the redevelopment of the Charter Market depot.
Council wins top housing award
The housing department of St Albans City and District Council has won a major national award for its repairs and maintenance work.
Apply for heating and insulation grants this winter
Residents in St Albans District are urged to apply for free or low-cost heating improvements to their homes as cold weather hits this winter.
More Council homes delivered
An ageing sheltered housing block in St Albans has been transformed with the first new tenants due to move in by Christmas.
Council to reinstate lifetime tenancies for its social housing
Fixed-term tenancies on Council homes in St Albans District are to be abolished in favour of lifetime ones.
Closure order served on property linked to drug dealing
A closure order has been served on a property in St Albans that has been linked to drug dealing and antisocial behaviour.
Go ahead given for more social-rent housing
A building contractor is to be appointed for a new £3.7 million social-rent housing development in the Batchwood area of St Albans.
More social-rent housing planned for St Albans
Residents are asked to give their views about the proposed designs for a new housing development in the Batchwood area of St Albans.
Social housing construction work put out to tender
A contract to build more much-needed social housing in St Albans is to go out to an open tender.
More Council support for homeless people
More support is to be given to homeless people in the St Albans District with the recruitment of a full-time caseworker.
More social housing created
A former sheltered housing block in St Albans has been transformed into 28 social-rent flats with features to encourage sustainable transport.
Extra help for rough sleepers during winter
Extra help for rough sleepers during the cold winter months in St Albans includes more beds at a homeless shelter.
More housing to be created
A dilapidated development in the St Albans District is to be brought back into use to create more much-needed housing.
Homes England’s £540,000 funding for Council housing
Homes England has awarded £540,000 to help finance the creation of 18 social housing properties in St Albans.
New social housing plans
An unexpected opportunity to create new social housing at a disused garage site in Harpenden is to be taken up.