Housing Improvement Programme

Improvement works are upgrades we do to your home as part of the Housing Improvement Programme (HIP).

The next works programmes are being planned and will be tendered and contractors appointed from 2026 onwards. If you are due upgrades to your home in the HIP we will write to you well before the works start and let you know what will happen next. Find out more about what happens before council home upgrades.

The HIP is part of our 30-year business plan which allows us to plan for improving our council houses and flats. This planning helps us to meet statutory requirements such as the proposed Social Housing Net Zero Standard.

We must also do these works to meet our obligations to you, to safeguard the quality and safety of your home, and to meet those standards set by the Scottish Government. Please play your part and accept the improvements we need to do. This will help to make the HIP a success.

Types of improvement work

The main types of improvement works included in the HIP are upgrades to:

• kitchens
• bathrooms
• heating systems
• doors
• windows
• re-roofing
• dormers
• communal door entry

We can also carry out Internal Wall Insulation to those homes that need it, but only when they are unoccupied during a void period.

Tenant Guide to all upgrades

Our Tenant Guide: all upgrade works (PDF 1.67MB) provides you with information about the different types of upgrades and what will happen during the works.

Tenant satisfaction survey

Every month several tenants, who have works carried through the HIP, are randomly selected and asked to complete a phone survey by consultants IBP: Strategy and Research. The results will be published on this page, so please take part if you are asked to.