Homelessness

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Zoe Ross, 43, and her five children have been trapped in temporary accommodation in the north of Edinburgh for five years.   She admitted to Shelter Scotland that as each year goes by, she is losing hope of ever having somewhere to truly call home and her children.  

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Glasgow has more children trapped in temporary accommodation than there are facing the same harrowing situation in Wales, a letter from the local authority has revealed.   An update from Glasgow City Council to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee of the Scottish Parliament has

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A mum from Edinburgh has spoken out about the "disgraceful" conditions her and her son were placed in when she became homeless 10 years ago. Stacey Grieve, 32 and son Archie, now seven, were moved around Edinburgh for nine years as the council relocated them in different temporary homes, forcing the

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Cala Homes (West) has handed over its third and final roof donation to Social Bite following the sell out of its city centre Prince’s Quay development, bringing the total donated to £10,150. When the Glasgow development first launched in 2020, the homebuilder pledged £50 per every

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Lloyds Banking Group, the UK’s biggest commercial supporter to the social housing sector, is partnering with Homewards, the programme spearheaded by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, that aims to make homelessness rare, brief and unrepeated. Through the partnership, Lloyds Banking Group

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An independent evaluation of youth homelessness prevention model Upstream Scotland has concluded that the initiative shows promising early indications. Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust launched Upstream Scotland over a year ago as part of a three-year pilot. The innovative programme is

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The Salvation Army is calling on the UK Government to scrap the planned freeze on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to help prevent homelessness in Scotland as new figures for 2024 reveal an increase in applications for the fourth year running. Figures released yesterday show that from 1 April to 30 Sep

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