Over £3.5 million of improvement works could be carried out to council housing across Dundee, it has been announced.
Tenders for new heating and boiling systems in almost 1,000 homes will be discussed by the housing committee on Monday, 14 March.
More than 850 homes in Charleston, Mill o'Mains, Clepington, Craigiebank, Douglas, St Mary's, Craigie, Coldside and Clement Park will have their heating systems renewed if the tenders are agreed.
Some of the homes, which currently have electric heating, will have systems replaced with gas, whole those with gas will be updated to fuel efficient systems.
In addition, a £500,000 contract to install heating, kitchens and bathrooms has been extended.
The council's housing stock met the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) after the local authority injected £157m over more than a decade in time for the 31 March 2015 deadline.
John Alexander, committee convener, said: "We are making a significant investment in the health and well being of our tenants by ensuring that they have efficient, environmentally friendly heating systems in their homes.
"But more than that, this work, which is proposed to go to the council's environment services construction services division and McGill Electrical, will keep local tradesmen in jobs and earning money which benefits them and the local economy.
"This contract extension will help to mop up some of the 8% of our housing stock that we could not bring up to these higher standards at the time.
"When we met the SHQS targets I was clear that it was by no means the end of the process and that work would continue, so I am really happy to see this additional £250,000 coming forward for approval."
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