Your location: Adopting a housing options approach to homelessness interviews in Argyll and Bute
August 2006
Written by Myra MacDonald, Argyll and Bute Council Community Support Homeless Service
Myra MacDonald explains the role of Argyll and Bute Council's Community Support Homeless Service in preventing homelessness by helping tenants and home owners remain in their homes if at all possible, and examines the challenges of delivering an effective housing options service in a rural area.
Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Why was a housing options interview approach adopted?
- Operating a housing options interview approach in a rural setting
- The Guide to Housing Options in Argyll and Bute
- How the housing options/advice approach works
- Monitoring arrangements
- Monitoring arrangements from April 2007
- Service users evaluation
- Avoidance of gate-keeping
- Further information