Homelessness
Homelessness figures show fall in assistance applications
New Scottish Government figures show local authorities received 7,600 applications for homelessness assistance during October-December 2015, around 5 per cent lower than in the same period in 2014.
Published 5 April 2016
‘Sleep Rough Night’ to be held to help Glasgow’s homeless
The Marie Trust, the charity that provides crisis intervention for people sleeping rough in Glasgow, has announced it will hold its first ‘sleep rough for one night so other people don’t have to’.
Published 30 March 2016
Blog: Five steps to tackling homelessness in Scotland
Crisis Scotland policy manager, Beth Reid, on the charity’s Manifesto to End Homelessness which it launched yesterday.
Published 22 March 2016
Crisis urges parties to back Manifesto to End Homelessness
National homelessness charity Crisis is today launching a series of recommendations for the next Scottish Government to follow in its continued fight against homelessness.
Published 21 March 2016
National Health and Homelessness event to be held in Edinburgh
A national Health and Homelessness event is being held in Edinburgh today and tomorrow hosted by NHS Health Scotland at the Grassmarket Community Project.
Published 15 March 2016
Women ‘forced to choose’ between homelessness and domestic abuse, say campaigners
Women and children experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland are routinely being made homeless by the services that are meant to help them, according to Scottish Women’s Aid.
Published 9 March 2016
Scotland’s homelessness services ‘under threat’ due to council budget cuts
A perfect storm of cuts to local authority budgets and changes to the way temporary accommodation is funded threatens to undermine much of the progress Scotland has made on homelessness over the past decade, Shelter Scotland has warned.
Published 8 March 2016
Housing Options Hubs awarded homelessness prevention funding
A project that focuses on preventing homelessness has been awarded an additional £150,000, housing minister Margaret Burgess has announced.
Published 8 March 2016
People affected by homelessness take leap of faith with Dundee digital art exhibition
An interactive mobile phone and tablet app-based art exhibition gave its visitors an emotional and unique insight into the mind of individuals affected by homelessness when it opened in Dundee earlier this week.
Published 3 March 2016
Homelessness leads to ‘dramatically accelerated ageing’, finds study
Homeless people in their fifties have more geriatric conditions than those living in homes who are decades older, according to a new study.
Published 29 February 2016
Homeless youths caught in temporary accommodation ‘limbo’ for up to two years
Young homeless people in Scotland are being left in temporary accommodation for up to two years while they wait for a settled home and the situation is likely to get worse, according to Homeless Action Scotland.
Published 19 February 2016
Glasgow to host 2016 Homeless World Cup
The 2016 Homeless World Cup is to be held in Glasgow, it was announced yesterday.
Published 16 February 2016
Housing benefit changes could force Scottish Women’s Aid refuges to close
Women’s refuges in Scotland could face closure because planned changes to housing benefit would leave them with shortfalls of tens of thousands of pounds a year, Scottish Women’s Aid has warned.
Published 2 February 2016
Blog: The unintended consequences of Right to Rent
By Sarah Macfadyen, policy manager at Crisis
Published 2 February 2016
Oil crisis drives rise in demand at Aberdeen homeless charity
Demand for services at a homeless charity in Aberdeen has doubled over the past year due to the oil industry crisis.
Published 22 January 2016
