Housing support services across Scotland

How housing support services across Scotland are graded

Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 923 of 1,042 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.

• Excellent (6) 12
• Very good (5) 296
• Good (4) 503
• Adequate (3) 101
• Weak (2) 11
• Unsatisfactory (1) 0

Housing support services across Scotland

See all 1,042 in the directory, with filters and search →

Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.

Where housing support services are based

Glasgow 185 Edinburgh 128 Aberdeen 53 Dundee 48 Paisley 29 Inverness 28 Dumfries 23 Perth 23 Kilmarnock 20 HAMILTON 19 Falkirk 17 Stirling 17 Dunfermline 16 Elgin 16

Common questions

How many housing support services are there across Scotland?

There are 1,042 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.

How are housing support services across Scotland graded?

The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 923 of these have published grades. For 811 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 11 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.

How recently have they been inspected?

542 of the 1,042 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.

How do I choose one?

Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.

Browse by council area

Glasgow City 155 City of Edinburgh 128 Aberdeen City 54 Fife 53 Dundee City 47 North Lanarkshire 43 Renfrewshire 40 Highland 39 South Lanarkshire 39 Dumfries & Galloway 35 Falkirk 35 West Lothian 32 Aberdeenshire 29 East Ayrshire 27 Perth & Kinross 26 Scottish Borders 24 West Dunbartonshire 24 South Ayrshire 20 Argyll & Bute 19 Stirling 19 East Lothian 18 Inverclyde 18 Moray 17 North Ayrshire 16 Angus 14 Midlothian 14 Clackmannanshire 12 East Dunbartonshire 12 Orkney Islands 12 Na h-Eileanan Siar 9 East Renfrewshire 8 Shetland Islands 4