Councillors have approved plans to build 18 flats for rent in Broughty Ferry.
They heard that more than 1,000 people are on the waiting list for social housing, but no council-owned properties in the area have become available in the past year.
The company behind the proposal for the Churchill Place site have agreed the flats will be partly funded by the National Housing Trust, ensuring they are available for a mid-market rent for at least five years and possibly up to 10 years.
Options after that include selling to sitting tenants or selling to a housing association.
The development management committee also approved the next phase in the £45 million regeneration of Mill O’ Mains, which will see 60 houses and 10 flats built at two sites on the estate along with new roads and landscaping.
Home Scotland is behind the plans and most of the new properties will be for rent, with some for purchase through a shared equity scheme.
Soccerworld won backing from the committee for an outdoor football pitch next to its premises in Old Glamis Road. The 40m by 25m pitch will have six floodlights, but planning officers said the nearest homes were far enough away not to suffer any adverse effects.
A condition has been imposed to ensure the pitch cannot be used after 11pm Mondays to Thursdays, 10pm on Fridays and Sundays and 5pm on Saturdays.
Councillors also granted permission for mobile phone operators Orange and T Mobile to put extra antennae on the roof of the Hilltown Court flats.
However, permission was refused for Vodafone and Telefonica to share six antennae on Whitfield Parish Church. The companies had argued there were no other suitable sites in the vicinity and planning officers had recommended approval.
North East councillor Willie Sawers said the proposed development was ”the wrong place at the wrong time” given that the church was in the centre of Whitfield and close to the forthcoming life services building and a school.
He was backed by fellow ward representative Brian Gordon, who said: ”This would be detrimental to the area.”