Shelter Scotland
Dundee and Angus join forces to tackle problem of empty homes
A new partnership has been launched to tackle the problem of empty homes across Dundee and Angus.
Published 23 February 2016
Blog: The private tenancies bill: one step closer to genuine security of tenure?
As the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill moves at a pace through the infrastructure and capital investment committee, James Battye, policy officer at Shelter Scotland, discusses how things will change for the 330,000 households renting from private landlords across Scotland.
Published 18 February 2016
Shelter Scotland sets up Stirling’s first housing street clinic
Stirling’s first street clinic offering housing and homelessness advice is setting up home today on Port Street.
Published 18 February 2016
Affordable homes shortage risks ‘generational gulf’ of housing haves and have-nots
Scotland risks creating a ‘generational gulf’ between the housing haves and have-nots unless there is a step-change in the supply of affordable housing, Shelter Scotland has warned today.
Published 16 February 2016
Blog: Why homes must be at the heart of the debate
With less than 100 days until the Holyrood Election on May 6 there is a critical, albeit small, window of opportunity to influence the nation’s politicians and the political debate, writes Fiona King, campaigns & public affairs manager at Shelter Scotland.
Published 16 February 2016
Project aims to transform Glasgow’s empty properties into homes again
A new partnership has been launched to tackle the problem of Glasgow’s empty homes.
Published 9 February 2016
Blog: Scaling up and minding the gaps
By Scottish Empty Homes Partnership national manager Kristen Hubert
Published 8 February 2016
Social banks and funded feasibility studies could hold key to unlocking Scotland’s empty homes
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has proposed the creation of a community grants programme to help bring Scotland’s thousands of private empty homes back into use.
Published 3 February 2016
Blog: Building up experience
Michael Murray details his time as a Shelter Scotland volunteer
Published 3 February 2016
Blog: Private Landlord Support in Dundee
By Laura Fairlie from Shelter Scotland
Published 29 January 2016
New campaign launched to encourage homeless people and renters to vote
Shelter Scotland and the Electoral Commission have teamed up to encourage as many people as possible to register to vote following concerns that people with no fixed address or those renting their homes may not be aware of their right to vote.
Published 27 January 2016
Not-so Temporary Accommodation
Continuing this year's Homeless Spotlight feature, Shelter Scotland's senior policy officer, Emma Dore, takes a detailed look at the charity's report into the use of temporary accommodation in Scotland which revealed that Scottish children spent nearly one million days homeless during 2015.
Published 26 January 2016
Housing sector raises serious concerns regarding UK Immigration Bill
Senior figures from across the housing sector have united in opposition to proposals in the UK Immigration Bill which they fear risk “significant harm” to “deeply vulnerable people”.
Published 22 January 2016
Homeless assessments fall but children in temporary accommodation numbers rise
The number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland has increased since last year but the number of people assessed as homeless has fallen, new figures have revealed.
Published 12 January 2016
Scottish children endured one million days of homelessness last year
Children living in Scotland spent nearly one million days homeless during 2015, according to a new report.
Published 12 January 2016
