Housing Options Scotland

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Front: Nancy Birtwhistle. Back from left to right: Christine Jackson, HOS former client; Olivia Lindsay, HOS Broker; Moira Bayne, HOS CEO; Dawn Richardson, HOS former client Nancy Birtwhistle, the winner of the Great British Bake Off 2014, has regaled 50 lucky cake lovers to join her at a fundraisin

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(from left) John Evans, HOS Board member; Fraser Gilmore, HOS engagement & development manager; Danny Jones, HOS client; Graeme Jackson, HOS client; Tony Carruthers – Military Matters Associate and Christine Jackson, HOS client Housing Options Scotland (HOS) invited employees, clients, busines

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Housing Options Scotland (HOS) is to celebrate 20 years of offering housing advice to disabled people, older people and veterans with a commemorate lunch next week. Founded back in 1997, the Edinburgh-based organisation has grown from a small operation to a well-established charity helping an averag

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Horizon Housing Association has published a University of Stirling research report on a pilot study of effectiveness in letting adapted social housing. The study successfully designed and tested a research method for evaluating the effectiveness of letting procedures for adapted housing, using a co-

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A staff member speaking to a disabled client Following the success of Housing Options Scotland’s summer tour last year, the organisation will be hitting the road again to provide housing information and advice events for disabled people, older people, disabled veterans and those who support them.

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Horizon Housing Association has been awarded a £92,500 grant for an 18 month research project into the allocation of adapted and accessibly designed social housing. The funding, allocated by the Disability Research into Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) programme as part of a £5 million proj

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An evaluation of an innovative pilot housing brokerage service has found the initiative to be an effective method for assisting younger adults with visual impairment to find a new home. Released by sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT), the evaluation report found that the majority of yo

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The findings of an innovative pilot housing brokerage service for younger adults with visual impairment will be launched next month by sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and Housing Options Scotland (HOS). The event in Edinburgh will set out how HOS provided the pilot housing brokerag

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