The Trust helps disadvantaged smaller communities in the Highlands secure good, long-term solutions to their housing-related problems by:
- Meeting with Community Councils to discuss and advise on local housing issues
- Carrying out (free) confidential one to one housing needs and options "surgeries" held in community halls
- Discussing the surgery findings with them and agreeing action plans to deliver the housing solutions required
- Identifying and buying suitable sites for affordable housing provision or brokering site purchases by other appropriate housing providers e.g. housing associations
- Occasionally before buying houses to provide "stepping stone" houses for key incoming workers
- Liaising closely with all the main agencies (Council, Communities Scotland, Housing Associations etc) to secure their support and investment for the housing solutions required
- Helping the housing system work effectively for rural communities and, where necessary, developing innovative but practical solutions to difficult housing problems