Housing options for older and disabled people

Housing options interview

If you’re thinking about any housing support you may need or alternative accommodation, you can arrange an interview to discuss your housing options with our housing staff. 

You can discuss what options best suit your housing needs, such as council housing, other housing providers, the private rented sector, or owner occupation. 

You’ll also get financial information, including information on benefit changes and advice on other types of support available. 

If the best option is applying for council housing, our team can help you fill out the application form during the discussion. This helps us to improve the way we can match an applicant to a property, by looking at the areas you’d like to live in and the availability of properties within the areas that meet your needs. 

We’ll also discuss any support needs you may have as well as any other requirements. 

You can make an appointment for a housing options interview by: 

• phone: 0300 300 1203
• email: housingadvice.hps@renfrewshire.gov.uk.

Home adaptations

If you or someone you live with has difficulty entering and leaving, or getting around your home, it may be possible to adapt your home to make it more suitable for your needs.  

If you have a council house, you can find out more about making adaptations to your home. 

If you’re a private homeowner, see what help is available through our scheme of assistance for private homeowners. 

We may also be able to reduce your council tax bill if your home has been adapted to meet the needs of a person with a disability who lives there. 

Find out more about council tax reductions on homes adapted for people with disabilities.

Care and Repair Renfrewshire

Care and Repair Renfrewshire provides advice and practical assistance.

This service is available to older and disabled homeowners and private tenants. It can provide information on home repairs, adaptations, and funding work to your home.  

Visit the Care and Repair Renfrewshire website for more information. 

Care at home service

Our care at home service helps vulnerable people of all ages to live independently and securely in their own homes by providing personal and housing support.

Care at home services are provided on individual circumstances and needs.  

Practical help is available for people who have difficulty:

• getting up or going to bed
• getting washed
• getting dressed
• getting to the toilet
• preparing meals
• eating
• looking after basic hygiene in their home.

Find out more about our care at home service.

Short term help at home (reablement)

Reablement is a care at home service that provides support to keep up the skills needed to return home after a stay in hospital or after an illness.  

The focus of reablement is to work alongside you, so that we can assess what you can do for yourself and what we can help you learn to do again.  

Find out more about our reablement services.

Sheltered housing

Sheltered housing is designed to meet the needs of people aged 60 or over.

These properties offer you the independence of having your own home, with the safety of having an alarm system and sheltered housing officer service.

Find out more about sheltered housing.

Very sheltered housing

Very sheltered housing provides enhanced housing support to sheltered housing.

Very sheltered housing is available for people aged 60 or over who have a housing support need. It’s also available for people aged 55 and over who have a disability.

Like sheltered housing, residents will still have their own flat and live as independently as they can, but with staff available to provide support 24 hours a day.

Very sheltered housing in Renfrewshire is provided by local housing associations and not by the council.

Find out more about very sheltered housing.

Extra care housing

Extra care housing may be suitable for people over 60 who need support with daily living and have higher or changing care needs.

Extra care housing complexes enable peoples to live independently in their own flat but provide more personal care support than sheltered housing and very sheltered housing.

The range of support available depends on your needs. Staff can help you with things you might have difficulty doing on your own, such as getting out of bed, getting dressed, and maintaining personal hygiene.

Find out more about extra care housing.