Oct 21, 2024 | Publications, Reports
You can now read our Quarter 2 Report, covering July-September 2024. It was, as ever, a busy summer for the HOS team, with 298 new clients for our brokers to offer their expert advice and support to. Read the report below to find out the latest news from the CEO,...
Sep 17, 2024 | Announcements, Publications
As Scotland’s population ages and the housing landscape becomes more challenging, it’s fitting that the theme for this year’s Scottish Housing Day is Homes for Life. At HOS, we’ve seen a significant increase in people seeking our advice,...
Aug 20, 2024 | Publications, Reports
You can now read our Quarter 1 Report, covering April-June 2024. Despite some real challenges, it was another record quarter in terms of clients. Read the report below to find out the latest news from the CEO, updates from casework, stories from clients and...
Aug 14, 2024 | Announcements
Housing Options Scotland is now providing a more inclusive way for our clients to access our website and Get Help form. As part of our commitment to making our service as accessible as possible, anyone accessing our website can now customise it to meet their needs,...
Jul 25, 2024 | Publications, Reports
We are pleased to present our Annual Report, covering April 2023 – March 2024. We had another record-breaking year here at HOS, supporting an all time high number of disabled people, older people and member of the Armed Forces community. The report demonstrates...
May 10, 2024 | Blog, Reports
You can now read our Quarter 4 Report, covering January – March 2024! Read the report below to find out the latest news from the CEO, updates from casework, stories from clients and highlights from the past few months. HOS Q4 Report (2023-2024)...
May 10, 2024 | Blog, Equality in Housing
In this episode, we speak to Edith England (Cardiff Met University) and Neil Turnbull (Cardiff University) about LGBTQ+ housing and homeless. Edith and Neil talk us through their latest research project, which included an extensive survey of over 1000 young LGBTQ+...
Apr 29, 2024 | Blog, HOS Notice Board
What did April look like at Housing Options Scotland? Well, the month started with our busiest ever triage meeting. A record 135 households got in touch with us in March and were assigned to one of our expert housing brokers. The brokers have since made contact...
Apr 9, 2024 | Blog, Equality in Housing
For this special episode we were delighted to be invited by the Chartered Institute of Housing to record live amongst the bustle of Scotland’s Housing Festival. We were joined by then Senior Policy Officer for Crisis Scotland, Rhiannon Sims. We spoke to...