Homeless Network Scotland

The Scottish Government has published the delivery plan for its Ending Destitution Together strategy, which aims to improve support for people with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) living in Scotland. Launched in March 2021, the Ending Destitution Together (EDT) strategy was designed to prevent an

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

Applications have opened for the Glasgow Upstream Homelessness Prevention Fund, which will be administered jointly by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and Homeless Network Scotland. 

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.

Nearly 1,000 people were supported and 662 households were prevented from being affected by the homelessness crisis in the first pilot scheme to evaluate how to carry out the upcoming ‘Ask and Act’ prevention duties, according to the fund’s newly released report. 

Homeless Network Scotland has appointed Jules Oldham as its partnerships and consultancy advisor. With nearly 25 years of dedicated experience in housing and homelessness – spanning frontline support, strategic leadership, national policy influence and international collaboration – Jules

Deputy first minister Jenny Gilruth has today announced the rollout of an expanded 10-year £50 million Homelessness Prevention Fund. A total of £1m is being made available for a second year to enable social landlords and third sector organisations to support tenants to stay in their home

Matt Hamill has taken on the newly created role of head of policy and impact at Homeless Network Scotland. Matt joins HNS from the Scottish National Party’s Westminster Group, bringing strong experience in policy development, research and political engagement.

More than 40 leading organisations have today urged the new Scottish Government to put joined-up working at the heart of its response to the housing and homelessness emergency. The Everyone Home Collective has welcomed the First Minister’s commitment to a cross government approach, saying it p

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