Homelessness

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

Marking today’s anniversary of the declaration of a housing emergency in Scotland, the Everyone Home collective has criticised failures over the last year and is calling on all political parties to commit to concrete action with one year to go until the Holyrood election. Today, we stand at a

GWSF’s David Bookbinder ponders the wider implications of the City of Edinburgh Council’s decision to suspend housing list lets in favour of homelessness allocations. It’s no surprise that the very word ‘emergency’ may drive courses of action that would previously have

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

Right There, a charity dedicated to preventing homelessness, has launched an initiative that will allow people to donate and buy pre-loved furniture, whilst also supporting families and individuals in creating a place to call home. Furnish Forward will help the charity furnish over 500 homes it prov

Campaigners are calling on MSPs to support the creation of dedicated, women-only homeless accommodation to better protect vulnerable women across the country.

A lord ordinary has ruled that a decision of Glasgow City Council to award a four-year contract for homelessness assistance services to the Salvation Army, even though another charity scored higher in the bidding process, was lawfully taken after a challenge was mounted by the highest-scoring bidde

The closure of a key GP service for people experiencing homelessness in Glasgow was mishandled, with significant implications for housing and support services across the city, an independent investigation has found.

Frontline youth homelessness workers are being invited to a free webinar to hear about good practice from specialist youth organisations and services in Scotland and hear from young people how frontline workers and services can best support them.

Stronger protections for tenants, helping deliver more affordable homes, and removing barriers on stalled building sites were all on the agenda for First Minister John Swinney as he set out his government's legislative programme at Holyrood yesterday, although sector bodies have warned the measures

Members of Living Rent, Scotland’s tenants’ union, marched 2.9 miles from Dalry Road to Edinburgh City Chambers to demand that tourist tax funds be used to provide permanent council housing.  

A Dundee project supporting people facing homelessness and social exclusion is set to close next week due to a loss of funding. The Dundee Futures project, operated by Hillcrest Futures, currently supports around 80 people across the city. It will officially shut down on Friday, May 9, following the

Councillors in East Renfrewshire have been updated on the local authority's homelessness service six months after a housing emergency was declared in the region.

Emergency action to suspend council housing allocations across Edinburgh has been hailed as a bold response to the city's mounting homelessness crisis.

Blue Triangle, a social care provider, charity, and Registered Social Landlord (RSL), marked its 50th anniversary yesterday at the Scottish Parliament against the backdrop of Scotland’s growing homelessness crisis.  Hosted by Paul Sweeney MSP and with a speech by Maree Todd, Minister for