Homelessness

Thousands of Scottish people who are experiencing homelessness could become "trapped" between homelessness and unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation, campaigners from The Salvation Army have warned. The Salvation Army Homelessness in Scotland report has revealed that local councils across Scotl

The national homelessness charity Crisis and Pathway, the homeless healthcare charity, are to merge in a bid to tackle the stark health inequalities experienced by people who are homeless and ensure that the healthcare system plays its part in ending homelessness across the UK.

Homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland is making a concerted effort to completely eliminate rough sleeping in Edinburgh, by providing bikes to its volunteer support teams, so they can see more people in any given period of time. By the charity's own estimations, rough sleeping in the cap

A Scottish initiative to create jobs for people with experience of homelessness has achieved success in England. Speaking in a blog for the National Housing Federation, PA Housing chair Hattie Llewelyn-Davies said the Naumann Initiative, which was pioneered by Kingdom Housing Associat

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has found that a local authority acted unlawfully in failing to provide assistance to a homeless Sudanese refugee living in Scotland.

More than 200 people experiencing homelessness died during 2019 in Scotland, where the homeless death rate was higher than England and Wales. Experimental statistics published today by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) estimated that 216 people experiencing homelessness died in 2

In a petition for judicial review of the City of Edinburgh Council’s decision to refuse a fresh homeless application, the Court of Session has held that the council acted unlawfully. Mr Dafaalla, represented by Shelter Scotland, is a 62-year-old refugee from Sudan. He had previously made a hom

Ambitious new measures aimed at widening responsibility for homelessness prevention could stop people from losing their homes and make Scotland a world leader in ending homelessness, according to a new report from an independent group of experts.

Beginning in late 2019, the Scotland Prevention Review Group has taken forward the work of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) and the subsequent Scottish Government / COSLA Ending Homelessness Together Action Plan, to recommend new legal duties on councils and public bodies to

Aberdeen Cyrenians, a North-East charity providing support to people affected by homelessness and other forms of social exclusion and crisis, is appealing for participants to step up and take on its Virtual Lego Walk challenge to help end homelessness. Lego walking has become increasingly popular in

Hugh Andrews is living testimony to Wheatley Group’s commitment to tackle homelessness in Scotland. The 37-year-old had been homeless for 13 years before moving into a Wheatley home in Clydebank as part of the pioneering Housing First partnership.

Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) has launched ‘Working Out of Homelessness’, the second phase of the Association’s groundbreaking Naumann Initiative to tackle homelessness and unemployment. Launched in 2019, The Naumann Initiative was aimed at breaking the vicious cycle of homeles

A homelessness charity has called on the UK Government to give rough sleepers priority access to Covid-19 vaccines amid new research examining health and homelessness during the pandemic.

Crisis chief executive Jon Sparkes on how the new Social Renewal Advisory Board's recommendations fit into Scotland's efforts to tackle homelessness. The new Social Renewal Advisory Board report, published today, opens with a metaphor.

A digital service to add to the support available for people in Edinburgh who are homeless has been developed by researchers and community partners, including leading Scottish homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland. The website and an accompanying app - called Street Support Edinburgh -provid