Home is horribly dire scene (9)
I believe the answer is:
residence
'home' is the definition.
(I know that residence is a type of house)
'horribly dire scene' is the wordplay.
'horribly' is an anagram indicator (a horribly wrong version of the letters).
'dire'+'scene'='direscene'
'direscene' with letters rearranged gives 'RESIDENCE'.
'is' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for residence that I've seen before include "Abode, home" , "Place or house where one lives" , "Person's home" , "Dire scene (anag.)" , "bode" .)