Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland’s second-tier advice service, ScotWRAS (Scottish Welfare Reform Advisory Service), will close on 31 March 2023, after 10 years of providing support to the NHS, health organisations and other charities. The project, which was funded by the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB), was b

Shelter Scotland is bringing its campaign to stop the cuts to social housing to Holyrood, as MSPs prepare to vote on the 2023/24 Scottish Budget.

Shelter Scotland has blamed the Scottish Government’s choice to "deprioritise the fight against homelessness" for new figures which revealed that homelessness in the country is at an all-time high.

Emergency legislation which introduced a rent freeze and eviction moratorium has had no significant impact on Shelter Scotland’s clients, particularly in the social rented sector, the housing and homelessness charity has said. Ahead of an evidence session at the Scottish Parliament tomorr

Changes to local connection legislation, which come into force today, that suspends the power of Scottish local authorities to refer people who present as homeless to another area is a long time coming, says Lisa Borthwick at Shelter Scotland. Tuesday 29 November is a momentous day for housing and h

More than 500 workers at the housing charity Shelter will stage a two-week strike next month over a dispute regarding pay. The workers, who are based across the UK, have accused the organisation’s management of attempting to impose a real terms pay cut on its staff.

A group of housing organisations have written to John Swinney, the acting cabinet secretary for finance and the economy, urging the Scottish Government to prioritise the delivery of social homes in the upcoming budget. The letter to the deputy first minister was signed by Shelter Scotland, the

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

Wheatley Homes Glasgow has successfully defended a case brought under the Equality Act 2010 by the housing charity Shelter Scotland. The pursuer, Jacqueline Thomson, asserted that she had applied to the social landlord for housing as a disabled person. However, while her application was pending, she

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

Shelter Scotland has welcomed social housing veteran Jim Strang to its committee, where he will bring decades of experience to the charity’s ongoing fight for homes. Mr Strang has worked for more than 40 years in the housing sector and currently serves as the chair of Riverside Scotland.

In the first exciting announcement from this year’s Scottish Fashion Festival, housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland and festival organisers, fashion social enterprise Scotland Re:Design (SR:D), have launched a competition for budding designers with a passion for social justice. Th

Fiona McPhail, principal solicitor at Shelter Scotland, highlights the implications of the Abdelwahab-Kaba Dafaalla v City of Edinburgh Council case. Abdelwahab-Kaba Dafaalla v City of Edinburgh Council concerns the issue of repeat or subsequent homeless applications, where a local authority has alr

Street Legal, a partnership between Clan Childlaw and Shelter Scotland, has been successful in the highest civil court in Scotland in challenging the City of Edinburgh Council’s refusal to accept a homeless application from a family. The two organisations provide free legal help with housing a

Three out five (60%) adults in Scotland think it’s unlikely the Scottish Government will deliver on its target of 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, a new survey carried out by Shelter Scotland has revealed.