Shelter Scotland

West Lothian Council is supporting a national initiative to bring empty homes in private ownership back into use.

Scotland's latest housebuilding figures, which revealed that both starts and completions fell across all sectors over the past year, should be “yet another wake-up call” for the Scottish Government, according to the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA). Chief executive Sall

The Scottish Government must “seize the opportunity” from the Spending Review and announce a long-term funding plan for Scotland’s housing associations, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said.

The number of applications for Discretionary Housing Payments has risen to 129,860 from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, a 4.5% increase from the previous year, according to new figures from the Scottish Government.

All but one local authority in Scotland is set to receive less cash for social homes this year than they did in 2021-2022, despite the Scottish Government declaring a national housing emergency, new figures have shown.

A national action plan must be developed to tackle the housing emergency to avoid the risk that the crisis “drifts on indefinitely”, according to a new report published today by a Scottish Parliament committee. A year on from the official declaration of the national housing emergency by

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

The City of Edinburgh Council is preparing to take the unprecedented step of suspending its general council house letting policy for up to a year, in a move aimed at tackling a mounting homelessness crisis and meeting legal obligations to provide suitable temporary accommodation.

Children from across Edinburgh helped spread Shelter Scotland’s message about the impact of temporary accommodation with a demonstration in the city centre this week.

The Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Inner House in unanimously refusing the appeal of a woman who had sought judicial review of Glasgow City Council's failure to provide her with particular accommodation. The appeal concerned a decision of the council in relation to the provision of tempo

Shelter Scotland is demanding urgent action from every level of government after it was revealed that 10 local authority homelessness services are routinely breaking the law. Local authorities are required by law to provide housing to people experiencing homelessness. The Scottish Housing Regulator'

Shelter Scotland is urging immediate and targeted action to increase the supply of social housing following the revelation that 240,000 children in Scotland are living in poverty after housing costs are considered. With 10,360 children currently trapped in temporary accommodation, the charity's grou

Shelter Scotland's Ndaye Lisa Badji-Churchill responds to statistics which reveal that Black People and People of Colour (BPoC) in Scotland are at the sharp end of the housing emergency.

Scottish Labour has lodged a motion which aims to protect children’s rights as the number of children in temporary accommodation reaches record levels. In a Parliamentary debate yesterday ahead of stage two of the Housing (Scotland) Bill being considered next month, Scottish Labour housing spo

Zoe Ross, 43, and her five children have been trapped in temporary accommodation in the north of Edinburgh for five years.   She admitted to Shelter Scotland that as each year goes by, she is losing hope of ever having somewhere to truly call home and her children.