Housing Renewals Support Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Portsmouth City Councils Housing Renewals service, which forms part of the Private Sector Housing Team. The Private Sector Housing Team offers a wide range of services with the aim of improving living conditions for people in their homes. The Housing Renewals team support with Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) across Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport. The primary focus is to support independent living and improve quality of life through adapting properties for peoples changing needs; often for people who are elderly or vulnerable. We provide a Home Improvement Agency service to help with the grant application forms, as well as specify the works, finding suitable builders to carry out the works, and to check that the works are progressing and completed as they should be.