Homelessness
Success in England for Kingdom’s Naumann Initiative
A Scottish initiative to create jobs for people with experience of homelessness has achieved success in England.
Published 25 February 2021
City of Edinburgh Council ruled to have breached duties towards homeless refugee
A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has found that a local authority acted unlawfully in failing to provide assistance to a homeless Sudanese refugee living in Scotland.
Published 23 February 2021
Scotland records more than 200 homeless deaths in a year
More than 200 people experiencing homelessness died during 2019 in Scotland, where the homeless death rate was higher than England and Wales.
Published 23 February 2021
Court of Session clarifies the law on fresh homeless applications
In a petition for judicial review of the City of Edinburgh Council’s decision to refuse a fresh homeless application, the Court of Session has held that the council acted unlawfully.
Published 23 February 2021
Expert review group publishes landmark report into homelessness prevention
Ambitious new measures aimed at widening responsibility for homelessness prevention could stop people from losing their homes and make Scotland a world leader in ending homelessness, according to a new report from an independent group of experts.
Published 18 February 2021
Evelyn Mathershaw: Landmark homelessness prevention report published
Beginning in late 2019, the Scotland Prevention Review Group has taken forward the work of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) and the subsequent Scottish Government / COSLA Ending Homelessness Together Action Plan, to recommend new legal duties on councils and public bodies to prevent homelessness. Central to the process has been the contribution throughout of people with lived experience through the Prevention Commission. Member, Evelyn Mathershaw, explains her role in helping to shape the report published today titled, ‘PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS IN SCOTLAND’.
Published 18 February 2021
Aberdeen Cyrenians seeking bravehearts to step forward for virtual Lego Walk
Aberdeen Cyrenians, a North-East charity providing support to people affected by homelessness and other forms of social exclusion and crisis, is appealing for participants to step up and take on its Virtual Lego Walk challenge to help end homelessness.
Published 15 February 2021
Wheatley hands over 200th home to Housing First
Hugh Andrews is living testimony to Wheatley Group’s commitment to tackle homelessness in Scotland.
Published 5 February 2021
Kingdom Housing Association expands Naumann homelessness initiative
Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) has launched ‘Working Out of Homelessness’, the second phase of the Association’s groundbreaking Naumann Initiative to tackle homelessness and unemployment.
Published 26 January 2021
Charity calls for homeless people to be given vaccine priority amid health crisis concerns
A homelessness charity has called on the UK Government to give rough sleepers priority access to Covid-19 vaccines amid new research examining health and homelessness during the pandemic.
Published 26 January 2021
Jon Sparkes: If not now, when? How Scotland can shape its response to the pandemic to help end homelessness
Crisis chief executive Jon Sparkes on how the new Social Renewal Advisory Board's recommendations fit into Scotland's efforts to tackle homelessness.
Published 25 January 2021
Charity launches digital service for homeless people and wider community in Edinburgh
A digital service to add to the support available for people in Edinburgh who are homeless has been developed by researchers and community partners, including leading Scottish homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland.
Published 25 January 2021
Housing First Pathfinder tops milestone of 400 tenancies
The first data on Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder since the start of the year indicates the programme continued to scale up despite Covid restrictions.
Published 22 January 2021
Two Scottish councils join pioneering network to tackle homelessness
Aberdeen City Council and the Highland Council are to join a new collaborative network to support local government innovators across the UK in tackling homelessness.
Published 21 January 2021
MSPs press housing minister for homelessness and temporary accommodation update
Holyrood's local government and communities committee has pressed the Scottish Government for more information on its continuing support for homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic and to respond to reports that homeless people in temporary accommodation are being made to leave their accommodation during the day.
Published 20 January 2021
