Homelessness

A new prevention-focused approach and rapid rehousing will be at the heart of work to reduce homelessness in Scotland over the next five years. The Scottish Government unveiled plans for a shift in approach from crisis management to prevention as part of this year’s Programme for Government.

Glasgow City Council is at a critical point as it tries to tackle financial pressures, rising homelessness, growing demand for services, persistent high poverty levels and unresolved equal pay claims, Scotland's local authority watchdog has warned.

A coalition of 40 leading organisations across Scotland working to end homelessness has called for an urgent Ministerial Statement to update Parliament on the housing emergency as MSPs prepare to return from their summer break. The call comes as the Scottish Government prepares to set out its priori

Families with homelessness experience have united to sign an open letter to First Minister John Swinney, urging action to stop child homelessness, with the letter garnering support from organisations.  Ahead of the Programme for Government, supporters are gathering on 31 August outside Bute Hou

A partnership between Fife Council and Turning Point Scotland is among those to have created an innovative pilot project which aims to stop people becoming homeless. Social care charity Turning Point Scotland and the local authority have been running workshops and training to “create a network

Early intervention and prevention services are helping improve outcomes for children, families and vulnerable households across Dumfries and Galloway, while work continues to address significant national pressures facing social work services, Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Social Work Service

The University of Stirling has published a new paper which has highlighted the stress, grief and burnout faced by frontline workers as they deal with growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness.

A new boutique-style clothing facility at Wheatley Care’s homeless services in Falkirk and Grangemouth is helping families and people experiencing homelessness make choices for themselves and build confidence.

A pioneering new project that brings together organisations, campaigners and people with lived experience aims to drive change to end child homelessness in Scotland.

Following Andy Burnham's announcement of a national drive to offer every rough sleeper in England a route off the streets this winter, politicians in Scotland have been urged to commit to similarly urgent measures. Writing in The Guardian, the Prime Minister promised he would mount a Covid-style cam

A range of effective approaches social landlords take to help formerly homeless households sustain their tenancies have been highlighted in a new report from the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Unum Partnership and FK100 have proposed knocking down the present premises on McLeod Street in Edinburgh to deliver 97 studio apartments for the homeless, which also provide on-site care and management. The build will fill its corner plot with L-plan accommodation that is set behind a landscape str

Hundreds of young people at risk of homelessness will get mentoring support to help them keep their home thanks to a new partnership between Places for People (PfP) and a youth homelessness charity.

Homelessness charities have urged the Scottish Government to use Barnett consequential funding from Prime Minister Andy Burnham's commitment to end rough sleeping during his tenure to expand the rollout of Housing First policy in Scotland.

Jim White, who devoted 70 years to a well-established homeless charity in Glasgow, has died aged 90. The Wayside Club was established in 1932 to meet the needs of the homeless and those suffering from hardship, addiction to alcohol or gambling.