Shelter Scotland

Homelessness levels in Scotland could rise as part of a Scottish Government drive to crack down on overcrowded houses, charities and housing chiefs have warned. As reported in The Scotsman, the concerns have been prompted over the introduction of Overcrowding Statutory Notices (OSN) aimed at guardin

Players from Motherwell FC turned up to surprise staff and volunteers as they opened the doors to a new charity furniture shop yesterday. Defenders Steven Hammell and Craig Reid helped to carry donations into Shelter Scotland’s furniture shop, greeted customers and signed items for sale. All proce

Stars from the world of stand-up – including Irish funny man Tommy Tiernan and critically-feted character comedy duo Max and Ivan - are coming to the Edinburgh Fringe in aid of housing and homelessness charity Shelter. In the follow up to 2014’s hugely successful Stand up for Shelter, other awar

By Paul Bradley at Shelter Scotland In Scotland’s fragile housing market, just having a house – irrespective of quality, location and affordability – is a good position for anyone to be in. Of course, many people do have decent homes, but the number of households on waiting lists for social ho

A 14-year-old girl is cycling over 500 miles from Edinburgh to London to raise money to help homeless and badly housed people in Scotland. Grace Stewart-Piercy, from Lanchester, will cycle for seven days with support from her dad Simon, from Shelter Scotland’s headquarters on Charlotte Square, Edi

The 100-year story of Scotland’s housing crisis has been depicted by an informative and educational online multimedia timeline, launched today by Shelter Scotland. From the rent strikes and campaigning of Mary Barbour in Govan in 1915 and the slum clearances of the 1930s, to the emergence of high-

By James Battye at Shelter Scotland This week National Registers of Scotland released their updated household estimates for 2015. They show that the number of Scottish households has grown by 18,200 in the past year. In 2014, there were 2.42 million households in Scotland, an increase of around 169,

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership recently released its annual report for the financial year just passed. There are a few headlines form the report that we are particularly excited about, writes Kristen Hubert at Shelter Scotland. These are all great successes that show improvements on where we w

The quality of care and support which Shelter Scotland provides to homeless and badly housed households has been highly commended by the Care Inspectorate. Shelter Scotland’s Housing Support Services, which provides a range of national housing support functions to those with complex needs, was pra

Shelter Scotland's Graeme Brown helps launch the national empty homes helpline The number of private empty homes brought back into use in Scotland last year has an estimated market value of around £93 million, according to the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP).

Graeme Brown, director of Shelter Scotland Housing charity Shelter Scotland has warned that new changes to housing benefit entitlement for 18-21 year olds could increase youth homelessness in the UK.

Umega Lettings, a leading letting agent based in Edinburgh, has given its backing to Shelter Scotland's Make Renting Right campaign.

By Emma Dore at Shelter Scotland This week the Scottish Government released the annual Homelessness Statistics. In general, the statistics paint the same picture as last year with headline trends staying the same. The numbers of homeless applications and assessments as homeless continue to go down (

A new programme aimed at preventing homelessness and reoffending by newly released young offenders was launched in Scotland on Wednesday. Young offenders aged 16-21 in HM Young Offenders Institute Polmont will benefit from the expertise of advisors from housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotl

Margaret Burgess A national approach to homelessness prevention has been praised for contributing towards a sixth consecutive annual fall in the number of people who are homeless.