Horizon Housing Association

What Horizon Housing Association does

Horizon Housing Association is a social housing provider and social enterprise that promotes and provides affordable housing and services. They factor in properties for owners within some of our developments. Their services include coordinating and carrying out work on owners' behalf; administration of common repairs; and maintenance. Building insurance and estate maintenance, and ensuring that the property is properly maintained and insured.

Name

Horizon Housing Association

Legal name

Horizon Housing Association Limited

Website

https://www.horizonhousing.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Horizon Housing Association providing integrated housing for disabled people in communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Housing

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Residential Property Managers (531311)

SIC

Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Affordable/Subsidized Independent Living (HUD/LIHTC) Communities (HLADAAAB)

Keywords

• Social housing rentals
• Accessible housing services
• Shared ownership housing
• Property factoring services
• Tenant management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Livingston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tenancy Rents: Rental income from social housing properties provided to tenants
2. Factoring Services: Property factoring charges for owners and shared owners receiving shared repair and maintenance services
3. Environmental Information Requests: Fees charged for processing Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulation requests, including staff search costs and document production

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Horizon Housing Association provides affordable social rental housing, shared ownership housing, property factoring services, and the Homes for Life accessible housing programme for disabled and older people in Scotland. It supports tenants and owners through an online portal, the MyHorizon mobile app for tenancy and repair management, and direct customer service for welfare, energy, and benefits advice.

Product overview

Horizon Housing Association operates primarily as a digital platform and service provider for social housing in Scotland. The core product is the Horizon Housing Website complemented by the MyHorizon App for tenant self-service, including rent management, repair reporting, and access to support resources. Additional offerings include the Homes for Life programme for accessible housing and the Scottish Accessible Housing Network advocacy initiative. The organization is part of the Link group and provides housing services across Scotland, particularly in West Lothian.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Housing Rentals Affordable rental housing tenancies provided to individuals and families in Scotland, including tenancy management, rent collection, and tenant support services.
• Shared Ownership Housing Shared ownership housing allowing eligible buyers to part-buy and part-rent a home, with management and ongoing services provided by Horizon.
• Property Factoring Services Property factoring services covering shared repairs, maintenance coordination, and management of common areas for owners and shared owners in Horizon developments.
• MyHorizon App Mobile application for Horizon Housing Association tenants to manage their tenancy, report repairs, view rent information, and access tenant support resources.
• Homes for Life An accessible housing programme supporting disabled and older people to live independently with dignity in homes adapted to their needs, including accessible housing options and adaptations services.
• Environmental Information Request Service Statutory service processing Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulation requests on behalf of applicants, with fees for staff search time, photocopying, and document production.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 disabled people in Scotland need accessible housing, positioning Horizon's mission as critical infrastructure

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Lightning ReachcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Partnership providing free debt support and financial assistance resources to Horizon tenants. Through this partnership, tenants can access payments towards energy bills, household debts, grants for essentials, and debt advice from trusted charities like StepChange.
• Scottish Accessible Housing NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2026Horizon Housing Association leads the Scottish Accessible Housing Network, a coalition advocating for accessible housing policy and standards in Scotland. The network, chaired by Horizon's CEO Michael Driscoll, brings together partners, advocates, and people with lived experience to call for decisive action on the accessible housing crisis affecting over 100,000 disabled people.
• Link GroupcoreOthersHorizon Housing Association is part of Link Group Ltd, a housing group operating across Scotland. Horizon is a subsidiary/associate organization within this group structure.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bield Housing and Care: Scottish charitable housing association providing specialist housing and support services primarily for older people. Highly comparable to Horizon because of its similar charitable structure, Scotland-only footprint, specialism in housing-with-support, and overlap with Horizon's Homes for Life focus on independent living with dignity.
• Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association: Edinburgh-area charitable housing association providing general needs and specialist social housing under the Scottish Housing Regulator framework. Directly comparable in business model, regulatory regime, tenant profile, and operating scale, though with less of a defined accessible-housing specialism than Horizon.
• Dunedin Canmore Housing Association: Edinburgh-based charitable housing association operating under the same Scottish Housing Regulator regime as Horizon. Comparable in legal structure, social-housing tenancy model, factoring services for owners, and digital tenant services, with a similarly Scotland-only footprint.
• Port of Leith Housing Association: Edinburgh-based charitable housing association providing social rented and factored housing in the Leith area. Directly comparable in regulatory regime, tenancy-plus-factoring business model, and Scotland-only operating geography at a similar mid-sized scale.
• Langstane Housing Association: Aberdeen-based charitable housing association operating under the same Scottish Housing Regulator framework and providing social rented housing plus factoring services. Closely comparable in legal form, revenue mix, customer segments, and tenancy management approach, but operates in a different Scottish geography.
• Eildon Housing Association: Scottish Borders-based charitable housing association providing social rented housing and support services under the Scottish Housing Regulator. Comparable in charitable structure, operating scale, and tenancy-plus-support service model, though serving a more rural geography.
• Berwickshire Housing Association: Scottish Borders-based charitable housing association providing general needs and specialist social housing in a similar charitable, mid-sized model. Comparable in regulatory regime, customer segments, and tenure mix, but operating in a more rural geography than Horizon's West Lothian base.

Broad incumbents

• Wheatley Group: One of Scotland's largest housing and care groups, parent of multiple registered social landlords including Wheatley Homes South. Operates in the same Scottish Housing Regulator regime and provides overlapping affordable-housing, factoring, and tenant-support services, but at substantially greater scale and across a wider geography than Horizon.
• Home Group: Major UK-wide charitable housing association delivering general needs, supported, and specialist housing including accessible and adapted homes. Overlaps with Horizon's core offering of affordable, accessible housing with wraparound tenant support, but operates at significantly larger national scale across England and Scotland.

Others

• Sanctuary Housing:

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HorizonHA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/horizon-housing-association-limited
• Xx.com/horizon_housing

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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