Homeless Network Scotland

Candidates from across Scotland’s political parties came together in Edinburgh yesterday to set out plans to tackle the country’s housing emergency, with a shared commitment to delivering more homes across all tenures and retaining the role of housing cabinet secretary emerging as common

Homeless Network Scotland chief executive Maggie Brünjes discusses how the eight relevant bodies responsible for delivering the Ask and Act duties can use their collective influence – not only to prevent homelessness, but to drive the upstream change needed to tackle its root causes. For

The Everyone Home Collective and the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS) have jointly issued a position paper calling on the Scottish Government to integrate housing equality and strategic support into More Homes Scotland, the national housing agency announced by the First Min

People facing homelessness in Scotland are once again at risk of trauma and harm as the housing emergency threatens the return of old-style communal night shelters, experts fear.

The impact and dedication of people working to prevent and address homelessness will be acknowledged at this week's Scottish Homelessness Conference, taking place at Perth Concert Hall. The Salvation Army is official conference partner for the annual event, run by Homeless Network Scotland.  

People with lived experience of homelessness are uniting with dozens of leading organisations to demand urgent action on Scotland’s worsening housing crisis. Their joint manifesto, which will be launched at Scotland’s Annual Homelessness Conference in Perth today, calls on all political

Homeless Network Scotland provides its own commentary on this week's passing of the Housing (Scotland) Bill. Late on Tuesday night, MSPs passed the Housing (Scotland) Bill. This is a landmark moment for the many organisations that have been working for years to prevent homelessness – and more

Analysing the Scottish Government's new housing measures, Homeless Network Scotland CEO Maggie Brünjes welcomes them as positive steps while arguing that the announced funding and long-term strategy are insufficient to fully resolve the nation's housing emergency. We welcome measures announced

Frontline homelessness staff are to be honoured at this year’s Homeless Network Scotland conference for the great work they are doing to support people in the face of the housing emergency.

A new unified model of support for people experiencing homelessness in Glasgow launched yesterday – shaped by the expertise and priorities of people who’ve been there.

Homeless Network Scotland has appointed Alex MacEachin as treasurer to the board. Chartered accountant Alex trained and practised at multinational giant BDO and has extensive experience in property and construction finance. He joins HNS from real estate investment firm LXi REIT where he was finance

Maggie Brünjes, chief executive of Homeless Network Scotland, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Heriot-Watt University at a ceremony on its Edinburgh campus. The degree recognises her leadership in advancing evidence-based, collaborative solutions to homelessness in Scotland.

Glasgow City Council has committed to the principle that there should be no ‘shared air’ communal night shelters in the city after hearing hard-hitting testimony of the damaging impact they had on people who were homeless last winter. This commitment was made during a summit hosted by th

After GWSF’s David Bookbinder pondered the wider implications of the City of Edinburgh Council’s decision to suspend housing list lets in favour of homelessness allocations, Homeless Network Scotland has issued a response. Three weeks ago, Edinburgh Council took the decision to susp

A partnership programme to help prevent people from becoming homeless has been launched by the social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville.  The £1 million Upstream Homelessness Prevention Fund will bring together Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), third sector organisations, commun