Housing support services help people to live as independently as possible in the community. They can either be provided in your own home or in accommodation such as sheltered housing or a hostel for homeless people.
Housing support services help people manage their home in different ways. These include assistance to claim welfare benefits, fill in forms, manage a household budget, keep safe and secure, get help from other specialist services, obtain furniture and furnishings, and help with shopping and housework. The type of support that is provided will aim to meet the specific needs of an individual person.
The Scottish Government is responsible for overall housing support services policy and runs The House Key, a website that offers practical help for service users and practitioners by listing services, what they do, who they are for, and how to get them.
This section will in future contain details of housing support policy and other information including national reporting and the outcomes framework.
Following an agreement between the Scottish Government and COSLA that substantially reduces the number of separate funding streams to local government, funding for housing support services has now been absorbed into the main local government settlement.