Homelessness

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A major homelessness summit is being convened in Scotland's largest city by Glasgow City Council today. Housing Minister Kevin Stewart will attend the summit, which will be chaired by Councillor Mhairi Hunter, City Convenor for Health and Social Care Integration.

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The number of physically disabled people identified as homeless or at risk of homelessness has risen by 44% in the past four years. Scottish Government figures show a steady increase from 2013/14, where 898 disabled people were in need of support, to 2016/17, where it rose to 1,292.

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A homeless person died on the streets of Edinburgh every three weeks in 2015-16, according to more damning figures released to The Ferret. City of Edinburgh Council, responding to a Freedom of Information request, revealed that 10 men and eight women assessed to be homeless died while sleeping rough

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An integrated, whole-system approach which addresses social inequalities and goes beyond housing is required to prevent and respond to homelessness in Scotland, according to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). In its submission to a Parliamentary inquiry into homelessness, COSLA hi

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The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has stressed the need to retain a focus on implementing the target of 50,000 affordable homes as an important part of the solution to tackling homelessness in Scotland. Responding to the local government and communities committee request for evi

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The number of families categorised as homeless on Skye has more than doubled over the last 12 months with an increase in tourists highlighted as a contributing factor. A report to Highland Council's Isle of Skye and Raasay committee revealed that 32 families on the island presented as homeless this

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Planning permission has been granted to install a sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless person in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. Glasgow Churches Together, the group behind bringing the sculpture of Matthew 25, known as the Homeless Jesus, is now raising £15,000 to fund the project.

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Charities and legal experts have raised serious concerns following reports that the Home Office is threatening to arrest and deport homeless people sleeping on the streets of Edinburgh. Investigative platform The Ferret has reported that Home Office enforcement teams have been involved in a series o

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Businesses in Edinburgh city centre are to help fund police officers and charity workers to address issues of homelessness and begging in the area. Essential Edinburgh, the organisation which runs the city’s central Business Improvement District (BID), said the investment will go towards a multi-a

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