Homelessness

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Turning Point Scotland has officially released a report calling for a new oversight group for Housing First. Housing First – 15 Years On explores progress over the past five years since Turning Point Scotland released its last report, while also detailing the change still needed within Scotlan

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Councillor Lezley Marion Cameron writes about the challenges facing Edinburgh, and the work being done to tackle them. In Edinburgh, our population continues to grow at speed and for some years now, housing demand has been significantly outstripping supply.  

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Ahead of the 2026 Scottish General Election, homeless prevention charity Cyrenians, has published a manifesto directed at the policy developers and decision makers shaping the plans of Scotland's major political parties. Scotland is in the midst of a housing emergency. The number of people presentin

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A Glasgow homeless night shelter has been refused planning permission after councillors narrowly voted to reject an appeal, though the facility will be allowed to continue operating temporarily while a new application is prepared. Homeless Project Scotland (HPS), which runs the Glassford Street shel

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A Scottish charity that helps rough sleepers is set to benefit from a Kilimanjaro fundraising climb aiming to raise £30,000 for specialist weatherproof coats. John Keogh, founder of social enterprise Ootsider, will climb Africa’s highest peak this October to fund the production of 300 sl

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Glasgow City Council is to complete the compulsory purchase of three empty homes in Cardonald and Dennistoun and transfer them to local housing associations to be used as social housing to be allocated to homeless people or families. The move is the latest in a programme that has brought thousands o

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