Homelessness

Homelessness in West Dunbartonshire has declined by nine per cent since the introduction of a new initiative designed to help tackle the issue. The "More than a Roof" initiative was launched by West Dunbartonshire Council in 2017 and aims to ensure homeless people and those at risk of becoming homel

Doug Gibson, Business & Innovation Manager at the Homeless Network, provides the second of four blogs in the lead up to Scotland’s major Housing First conference on 22 May 2019.

A homelessness prevention project is under way to investigate ways to improve the performance of section 11 notices in the north and islands of Scotland. Whenever a landlord raises proceedings to end a tenancy, by law they must serve to the relevant local authority a section 11 notice, to allow the

Plans by the Scottish Government to remove barriers for people needing to access homelessness services are welcome but don’t go far enough, according to Shelter Scotland. Currently, people making homelessness applications to their local council must demonstrate a local connection and show that

Financial support must be made available to help local authorities deal with any increase in demand for housing or support services if proposals to tackle homelessness are implemented, according to CIH Scotland. The Scottish Government had called for view on proposals to suspend local authorities&rs

Shelter Scotland campaigns & policy officer, Aoife Deery, discusses the Scottish Government’s consultation on its plans to change the rules around local connection and intentionality with regards to homelessness. The last time I blogged about the Scottish Government’s new plan to end

The national movement of local charities which placed sculpture exhibitions in UK train station to raise awareness of youth homelessness has recently launched phase two of the campaign. The #NOWYOUSEEME campaign by End Youth Homelessness (EYH) depicts the stories of three homeless young people

Claire Frew, policy & impact manager at the Homeless Network, provides the first of four blogs in the lead up to Scotland’s major Housing First conference on 22 May 2019. In just four weeks’ time people will come together from all over Scotland and beyond for the third annual Housing

Perth & Kinross Council has commissioned a five-month inquiry to establish the factors that lead to people sleeping rough. The local authority has signed a £25,000 deal with Anna Evans Housing Consultancy to carry out the research.

The link between housing and health will be underlined by leading academic and former chief medical officer for Scotland, Prof. Sir Harry Burns, who has been confirmed as a new speaker at ‘Ramping Up’, the Housing First Scotland Conference, on 22 May in Edinburgh. Health’s relation

An Edinburgh-based youth homelessness prevention organisation has been chosen by Barratt East as its charity partner of the year as it sets out its corporate social responsibility programme for 2019. Through its mission to support young people in building a better future, The Rock Trust’s visi

Two of Scotland's leading homeless charities have amalgamated to become one unified organisation. Glasgow-based Simon Community Scotland and Edinburgh’s Streetwork have joined forces in tackling homelessness, combining the two largest street outreach teams in the country.

A UK-wide movement of local charities has collaborated with acclaimed artist and sculptor David Oliveira to place “invisible” wire sculptures of young people in major train stations and shopping centres around the UK. The End Youth Homelessness (EYH) campaign aims to encourage the public

Homelessness and a rise in cocaine injecting have been linked to a 10-fold increase in HIV infection among drug users in Glasgow, according to new research. Between 2011 and 2018, the prevalence of HIV among injecting drug users in Greater Glasgow and Clyde increased from 0.1% to 4.8% - and from 1.1

Prevention work by the City of Edinburgh Council has led to a significant reduction in the number of homeless presentations over the last five years. There has been 20.6% reduction over the five year period 2014-15 to 2018-19 and a 2.7% reduction in homeless presentations between 2018-2019 and 2017-