Housing association publishes 2025-26 'Who We House' report
Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association (LSHA) has confirmed it housed 56 households during 2025-26.
This did not include mutual exchanges and lets to NHS and local authority employees.
The "Who We Housed" report revealed more than a third of applicants housed (38%) were under 35. Seven properties were let to 16-25 year-olds and 15 to 26-35 years-olds.
Nineteen properties were let to people aged 36-56; six to 56-65 year-olds; 10 to those aged 68-80; and one to a person aged 81+.
The average waiting time was six months for homeless applicants.
• 27 people were housed in North Skye and Raasay (14 in Portree, nine in Raasay and one each in Skeabost, Dunvegan, Kilmuir and Uig);
• 17 in South Skye (seven both in Kyleakin and Broadford and three in Ardvasar);
• and 14 in Lochalsh (six in Kyle, five in Glenelg, two in Balmacara and one in Plockton);
Fifty-three percent of applicants housed (31) were single, of whom 11 had children (or access to children). Seventeen couples were housed (10 with children). Twenty-nine homeless applicants were allocated accommodation.
The average time on the Highland Housing Register for all applicants was just under one year and 10 months. Seventy-seven percent of applicants housed had lived in the area for more than four years.