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Social Bite provided a catalyst and funds that got a cross-city Housing First Pathfinder in Scotland underway. Here they explain why and thank their supporters. At Social Bite we are working collaboratively to ensure everyone in Scotland has a safe place to call home, we believe this is not only a b

Ahead of the launch of Housing First guidance for Scotland’s Social Housing Professionals, Jim Strang, President of the Chartered Institute of Housing, calls for the ambitions of Housing First to be matched by funding and support. Every year, thousands of our fellow citizens are forced to make

Wheatley Group’s Homelessness Lead, Catherine Wilkie, explains how the Housing First partnership is helping the most vulnerable people off the streets. Last year in Scotland, nearly 35,000 people presented themselves as homeless. That is 35,000 too many people paying a devastating human cost f

Martin Gavin, Head of External Relations at The Homeless Network makes the connection between health and homelessness.

The Salvation Army are a key provider of Housing First in Scotland and update on the wrap around support they provide.

Bryan Smith is Operations Manager at Transform Community Development, Dundee, and a member of the consortium delivering Housing First in the city. Here he highlights some of the learning from the past 12 months. This article forms part of a special edition of Scottish Housing News dedicated entirely

Doug Gibson, Programme Manager for Housing First Scotland Pathfinder on the latest figures. Following a period of ‘tuning up’ and getting ready to go, the Programme officially began on April 1st, 2019. There are now 66 people who have moved in to their own tenancy and are receiving flex

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) is to build 29 affordable new energy efficient homes at Springfield Avenue in Duns with work set to start this summer. The Association purchased the site from housebuilder Springfield Properties thanks to funding from a Scottish Government grant and support fro

Queens Cross Housing Association’s work with homeless young people has been rewarded at the UK Housing Awards in London. The Association’s youth homelessness service received a highly commended award, in the Homelessness Project of the Year category, at the showpiece event in front of 1,

A Hanover (Scotland) sheltered housing complex in Barrhead held a party to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the organisation and a major anniversary in the history of the site. Tenants and staff gathered to enjoy a special buffet lunch to mark both Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association’s 40t

As part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) looks at how Scotland's housing landscape has changed over the last 20 years. This article was originally published on the SPICe website.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has called on the UK Government to scrap the “fundamentally unfair” benefit cap after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the policy.

Protestors will tomorrow demonstrate outside the premises of an Edinburgh letting agent accused of exploiting tenants by offering “sham holiday lets”.

The requirement for prospective foster carers to have a spare room should be changed to help meet the growing need for more foster families across the country, according to campaigners.

The site of former offices for West Dunbartonshire Council in Clydebank is set to be sold to a housing developer for almost £2.5 million. The building, on Roseberry Place, Kilbowie Road, was declared surplus in 2016, and was subsequently demolished.