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Retirement Housing

Retirement Housing is suitable for those who want to live independently but in a smaller or easier to manage home.

Retirement developments provide:

  • Retirement Housing Officers who offer advice and assistance in tenancy related matters on a daily basis and are available Mon to Fri 9am – 3pm.
  • Personal response in an emergency any time of the day or night 9am – 3pm 5 days a week; Mobile Emergency Care Support team available from 3pm – 9am, 7 days a week.
  • Retirement Housing assistance, which may include: reporting repairs to the contact centre; assisting with the completion of forms or any other correspondence; liaising with other agencies on your behalf; assisting with budget and money issues.



Who can apply?

Anyone aged 60 and above and capable of independent living along with housing, social work or health care support.

In this section

Service Update

FHR Assessments Update

Applications are being assessed within 20-days and the FHR Team are working on applications dated from 16th June currently.

FHR Review Letters

There has been an issue in sending out some of our annual review letters. We apologise for any issues caused by this and are happy to reinstate any applications impacted by this. If you receive one of the delayed review letters please contact us at FHR.StayOnHousingList@fife.gov.uk as soon as possible

Contacting the FHR Team

The FHR Team are unable to reply to individual emails received due to additional pressures caused by the Housing Emergency. This email address should continue to be used to provide additional information regarding your application, an automatic reply will confirm we have received your information. If you are looking to make any changes to your application please see link to do this online here Update/Change in Circumstances | Fife Housing Register

Any Post being sent to the FHR Team should be sent to the following;

Fife Housing Register Team, Cowdenbeath Customer Service Centre, Brunton House, High Street, Cowdenbeath, KY4 9QU.

Alternatively you can;-

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