Housing Options Scotland

Housing charity Housing Options Scotland has announced an event to mark its 25-year anniversary. On 11th November the eye-catching and inspiring design of the V&A in Dundee will be the venue for Scotland’s housing advice charity - Housing Options Scotland - to celebrate 25 years as a chari

A new report on alternative models of rent control for Scotland has been launched by the Cross Party Group on Housing launched at a meeting in the Scottish Parliament yesterday. During the meeting, Professor Ken Gibb, director of the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), presented th

In a guest blog for the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), Pedro Cameron from Housing Options Scotland highlights the link between homelessness and inequality, and explains why it’s crucial for local authorities to embed Inclusion, Diversity, Equality and Accessibility (IDEA

In a guest blog for the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities, Moira Bayne discusses the accessibility of social housing allocation processes used by councils across Scotland, and the impact on people with learning disabilities. Housing is an important issue for many pe

Housing Options Scotland is marking a year since the launch of its Homeless Housing Options (HHO) service by reflecting on what it has learned.

Housing Options Scotland has joined Everyone Home, bringing the number of organisations in the collective to 37. In 2022 Housing Options Scotland is celebrating 25 years of providing housing information, support and advice across Scotland.

Housing Options Scotland (HOS) is launching a new service that provides assistance to disabled people moving out for the first time.

Housing Options Scotland is currently recruiting six volunteers to help to service find the right home in the right place for its new veteran clients. The charity works with disabled people, older people and veterans to find the Right Home in the Right Place.

According to a new report by Housing Options Scotland, help to find housing for Scottish veterans has never been more needed. Housing Options Scotland is a charity supporting older people, disabled people and veterans to find their own homes.

Housing Options Scotland is a charity helping people with disabilities to find the best possible accommodation for their needs. Working with a large cross-section of society, the charity has noticed that - despite doubling their caseload in the past year - people with learning difficulties still onl

Like many 27-year-olds in Edinburgh, Calum Grevers lives with his parents and longs for independence.

Housing Options Scotland has hosted an online thank you event for its volunteer team to bring everyone in the team together and celebrate all of the hard work the volunteers have been up to over the past year.

Housing Options Scotland (HOS) has revealed how it dealt with the new struggles arising from the coronavirus pandemic. The charity offers free and impartial advice to vulnerable citizens to help them find somewhere to live.

Housing Options Scotland (HOS) has welcomed two occupational therapy (OT) students from Queen Margaret University into the team as part of their final year placement. Though used to taking on placement students, this is the first time the charity has worked with those from an OT background, and the

Housing Options Scotland is celebrating a recent success story to mark International Older People Day which saw 73-year-old veteran Dorrie able to return to Perth and Kinross, where she used to live. International Older People Day is a UN initiative which has been celebrated on October 1 every year