This arrives ahead of an anticipated parliamentary update this month on the agency’s co-design phase.

Titled Toward A Fairer National Housing Agency, the paper is grounded in the persistent inequalities of Scotland’s housing system, where structural barriers mean that for many people, access to a settled, suitable and affordable home is still determined by who you are, where you’re from and what you earn.

It emphasises that housing inequality drives economic instability, public health disparities, and social exclusion – and manifests in systems with both housing surpluses and deficits. Consequently, increasing supply alone will not resolve the housing emergency without proactive, strategic interventions that account for support needs, inclusive housing options, affordability, quality and access.

“More homes alone aren’t enough to end housing inequality - experience has proven that,” said Maggie Brünjes, chief executive of Homeless Network Scotland, which convenes the Everyone Home collective. “Our joint submission brings together frontline, research and policy expertise to make More Homes Scotland a keystone for real change and to ensure Scotland’s housing recovery leaves no one behind.”

Drawing on direct experience supporting those at the sharp end of Scotland’s housing and homelessness challenges, the paper advocates for housing equality as a core mission and outlines five recommendations to build on the housing support duty, embed a whole-system approach, deploy grant capital strategically to attract larger-scale social investment and establish a publicly accountable outcomes framework that is co-designed with people and communities who have experienced housing insecurity and inequality.