Homelessness

Mark Cairney, Glasgow Homelessness Involvement & Feedback Team (GHIFT) member and the latest addition to the Leadership Team of the Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness, reflects on the opportunity and creativity in the organisation's Frontline Forum. WHEN – Seeing the Workforce as People

Grant Campbell has been appointed as Homeless Network Scotland's new head of partnerships and consulting, which is a newly created post to support a diverse network in Scotland to connect, learn and act on homelessness together. Mr Campbell joins Homeless Network Scotland from Crisis where he w

Figures released by the Scottish Government show that Perth & Kinross Council’s Housing Service continues to be sector-leading when it comes to work to prevent homelessness. Perth & Kinross was already one of the leading local authorities in Scotland in this area of work, and recently

Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland is urging First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to utilise the Scottish Government’s available options and immediately tackle the failing housing and homelessness system by spearheading a new Scottish Housing Emergency Action Plan. The call comes a we

Jack Rillie is the man charged with leading a new Alliance which aims to eradicate homelessness by 2030. According to Jack, if the same service providers are delivering the same services in 8 years time as they do at the moment then he'll have "monumentally failed" in his job. Only a few days into h

Jack Rillie leads the Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness, and he says, “if by 2030 … it’s the same service providers delivering the same services as in 2022 then I’ll have monumentally failed in my job.” It’s a dramatic statement and to get the full context you

Preventative measures to support households at risk of becoming homeless have been well received in West Dunbartonshire. Proactive initiatives to prevent homelessness are now a permanent part of West Dunbartonshire Council’s homelessness service.

The new alliance formed to eradicate homelessness in Glasgow is looking to hear from interested parties around the city as it prepares to develop its strategy. As the Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness takes on commissioned homeless services across Glasgow, it said this plan will drive i

A Scottish housing charity has urged the UK Government to consider proposals to double the £350 payment for hosting Ukrainians amid concerns the growing cost of living could drive thousands of people fleeing the conflict into homelessness. Positive Action in Housing, which has been r

A collaborative initiative designed to provide additional support to vulnerable tenants, promote tenancy sustainment and prevent homelessness within Fife has published its first Impact Report. The report marks a successful first year for the Fife Voices Housing Advocacy Project, a partnership o

Twenty-four of Scotland's 32 local authority areas are now branching out Housing First with local partners in their area, with three more areas preparing to launch soon, the latest quarterly data for Housing First in Scotland has revealed. Data collected by the Scottish Government confirmed that an

Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has revealed that its clients in central Scotland who become homeless are being asked to move hundreds of miles to the Highlands or the north of England as Scotland’s local authorities run out of options to help. Local authorities say that they

An annual update on homelessness in Scotland has painted a mixed picture of success with rough sleeping falling to its lowest level in 20 years but a 17% increase in the number of children in temporary accommodation. Statistics covering 2021-22, released today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician,

Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, will visit Scotland in autumn to provide a keynote at Homeless Network Scotland’s annual conference. Ms Farha is global director of The Shift, an international movement to secure the right to housing which works with multi-le

NUS Scotland has warned of yet another year of student housing shortages, with a “broken housing system” driving up student homelessness. Student activists in St Andrews have highlighted the difficulties students are having finding housing for the coming year and first-year students at t