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Council approves funding for improvements to Caithness homes

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The Highland Council is to invest over £4.2 million into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in Caithness.A meeting of the Caithness committee yesterday saw councillors agree a two year Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £4,204,420 spent on making improvements to Caithness council homes over the next two years.On top of this funding, an additional £300,000 will be ring-fenced to provide aids and adaptations to assist tenants requiring extra support to stay living in their homes as long as possible.The council is responsible for maintaining 2054 homes across Caithness. In the Wick and East Caithness wards there are 1208 residential properties and in the Thurso and Northwest Caithness wards there are 846.