Falkirk Council
Correspondence address
Housing & Communities
The Forum
Callendar Business Park
FK1 1XR
Email address
Phone number
Website
Homes and rents
At 31 March 2024 this landlord owned 16,856 homes.
The total rent due to this landlord for the year was £62,909,544.
The landlord increased its weekly rent on average by 5.0% from the previous year.
Average weekly rents
Tenant satisfaction
Of the tenants who responded to this landlord's most recent satisfaction survey:
Overall service
75.3% said they were satisfied with the overall service it provided, compared to the Scottish average of 86.5%.
Keeping tenants informed
85.2% felt that this landlord was good at keeping them informed about its services and outcomes compared to the Scottish average of 90.5%.
Opportunities to participate
98.0% of tenants were satisfied with the opportunities to participate in this landlord's decision making, compared to the Scottish average of 87.7%.
Quality and maintenance of homes
Scottish Housing Quality Standard
79.4% of this landlord's homes met the Scottish Housing Quality Standard compared to the Scottish average of 84.4%.
Emergency repairs
The average time this landlord took to complete emergency repairs was 3.1 hours, compared to the Scottish average of 4.0 hours.
Non-emergency repairs
The average time this landlord took to complete non-emergency repairs was 10.7 days, compared to the Scottish average of 9.0 days.
Reactive repairs 'right first time'
This landlord completed 80.8% of reactive repairs 'right first time' compared to the Scottish average of 88.4%.
Repair or maintenance satisfaction
96.9% of tenants who had repairs or maintenance carried out were satisfied with the service they received, compared to the Scottish average of 87.3%.
Neighbourhoods
Percentage of anti-social behaviour cases resolved
74.0% of anti-social behaviour cases relating to this landlord were resolved, compared to the national average of 94.3%.
Value for money
Total rent collected
The amount of money this landlord collected for current and past rent was equal to 98.8% of the total rent it was due in the year, compared to the Scottish average of 99.4%.
Rent not collected: empty homes
It did not collect 2.2% of rent due because homes were empty, compared to the Scottish average of 1.4%.
Re-let homes
It took an average of 111.4 days to re-let homes, compared to the Scottish average of 56.7 days.
Landlord details
- RSL Registration Number
- 1013
- Landlord Name
- Falkirk Council
- Senior Officer
- Mr Kenny Gillespie
- Date Registered
- 1 Apr 1996
- Landlord type
- Local authority
- Clients
- Mixed
- Settlement
- Urban
- Asset Owning
- Yes
- Statutory Intervention
- No
- Correspondence address
- Housing & Communities, The Forum, Callendar Business Park, FK1 1XR
Housing stock
Engagement Plan
Find out why we're engaging with this landlord, what it needs to do, and what information it needs to send to us.
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Engagement plan from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
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Engagement plan from 31 March 2023 to 31 March 2024
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Engagement plan from 31 March 2022 to 30 March 2023
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Engagement plan from 16 February 2022 to 30 March 2022
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Engagement plan from 31 March 2021 to 15 February 2022
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Engagement plan from 04/01/2019 to 30/03/2020
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Assurance Statement
Read this landlords annual statement about whether it meets the Regulatory Standards.
Local Scrutiny Plan
Find out about our past engagement with this landlord. Local Scrutiny Plans were produced in conjunction with Audit Scotland and other scrutiny bodies. We now publish information about our engagement with Local Authorities’ Housing and Homelessness Services in our Engagement Plans. Local scrutiny plans can be accessed on Audit Scotland’s website at www.auditscotland.gov.uk.