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'Scary' rise in homelessness concerns councillor

Housing officers have been battling to cope with a recent sharp rise in homelessness in Orkney. During 2025/26, there was a 42 per cent jump in the number of individuals and families without a roof to call their own. Moves towards finding a permanent fix to the problem rely on the roll-out of a wave of new housing being proposed in the county. Concern about the recent spike in homelessness presentations to Orkney Islands Council was voiced at We…
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The Orcadian Online broke the news on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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