Homelessness

Kevin Stewart MSP Housing minister Kevin Stewart blogs about the latest meeting of the Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group.

A pioneering project to prevent and resolve homelessness among young care leavers in Scotland has been awarded £50,000 funding to expand its reach. The Nationwide Building Society shortlisted a number of projects, asking members to vote online for the winners of a series of community grants.

Frightened Rabbit on stage at last year's event Sleep in the Park organisers Social Bite and Unique Events have unveiled more details of the event which hopes to see 12,000 people sleep-out in four cities around Scotland in December and raise £6 million.

A team of industry professionals are joining RICS Scotland next week as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way. The ‘West Highland Way Warriors’ will undertake the challenge over just five days as they raise money for property industry charity Lan

RICS, as part of its Pledge 150 campaign, has joined forces with Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park to help reduce homelessness among young people in Scotland. Corporate teams and RICS members can now take part in any of the Sleep in the Park events, across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen wit

Ligia Teixeira Clore Social Leadership and the Centre for Homelessness Impact have announced details of a new partnership in response to the increasing crisis in housing and homelessness and the need for stronger, evidence based approach to leadership within the sector.

Ewan Aitken Edinburgh homelessness prevention charity Cyrenians has announced a five-year partnership with the city’s central business improvement district Essential Edinburgh.

Construction and infrastructure-focused partnership hub South West Scotland has raised £14,171 on behalf of Shelter Scotland as a result of its first, highly successful Summer Charity Golf Event held at East Kilbride Golf Club. Supported by its Tier 1 contractors Graham, Kier Construction, Morrison

Morningside community shop manager Tony Foster and Nicolson Street assistant manager Laura McGarvey are among the party of six sponsored walkers attempting 50 miles in 24 hours Shop workers know all about being on their feet all day but half a dozen from charity Shelter Scotland are taking that to a

Almost half of people made homeless in Scotland due to rent arrears in the last year lived in the private rented sector (PRS), new analysis has shown. A total of 46% of homelessness applications were made due to either rent arrears or defaulting on payments come from the PRS, despite private-rented

Local authorities in Scotland have paid out more than £600 million on housing homeless people in temporary accommodation such as B&Bs, hotels and hostels during the last five years, according to a new investigation. Freedom of Information requests to all of Scotland’s councils by investigatio

Kevin Stewart MSP Housing minister Kevin Stewart responds to a summary report on the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group's 2017-18 Winter Initiative.

Midlothian Council is consulting with local residents on plans to convert offices in Jarnac Court in Dalkeith into temporary accommodation for homeless households. A drop-in information session will take place at Dalkeith Arts Centre today from 2.30pm until 6pm.

Housing and homelessness organisations in England have welcomed commitments in the UK government's new rough sleeping strategy, while calling for bold plans to tackle the causes of homelessness. A joint statement was issued today by members of the strategy's Rough Sleeping Advisory Group: Crisis, Ho

Glasgow City Council has responded to criticism of the long waiting times taken to find homes for people who are homeless in the city with a new action plan to streamline processes. Homelessness officers have been working closely with the Scottish Housing Regulator and partners to speed up case asse