Shelter Scotland

Shaheena Din, SEHP national manager and Scots Makar Jackie Kay Scots Makar Jackie Kay MBE has written a new poem about Scotland’s empty homes.

A previously empty home in North Lanarkshire Housing minister Kevin Stewart will today reaffirm the Scottish Government’s commitment to double the money available for work that helps bring long-term, privately-owned empty homes back into use.

Concerns have been raised that more people could lose their homes after the cost of a typical two-bed private rental property rose by 4.4% in the last year. Nationally the average rent on a two-bed property is £643 this year up from £616 in 2016 and the charity says that people will struggle to co

Tenants’ union Living Rent has launched a campaign to outlaw winter evictions in Scotland in a bid to prevent deaths of people who are homeless. The campaign follows a report from Shelter Scotland which found that a loss of a tenancy is the leading cause of homelessness.

A social media campaign which offers people the chance to buy presents for homeless children at Christmas has been launched today for the sixth year running. ‘Social Media Santa’ in partnership with housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has raised thousands of gifts for homeless chil

Stirling-based insulation manufacturer Superglass has donated over £3,000 worth of thermal clothing to housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland. The donation included a range of thermal undergarments, padded jackets and body warmers.

Shelter and Shelter Scotland have launched an urgent appeal after new analysis revealed the number of people recorded as homeless in Britain has reached a staggering 307,000 – more than half the population of Glasgow and the equivalent to one in every 200. In the most extensive review of its kind,

pupils from Corstorphine Primary School in Edinburgh. Photograph by Phil Wilkinson Scotland’s schoolchildren are to be given help to learn about housing and homelessness so future generations understand what causes homelessness.

Graeme Brown The first increase in UK interest rates in a decade could see some people struggle to keep a roof over their heads, Shelter Scotland has warned.

Shelter Scotland has said the latest Scottish Welfare Fund statistics from the Scottish Government show the human cost of the housing crisis and welfare reform. The latest figures cover the period from April-June 2017 and show a marked increase on the same period last year.

Ben Wray Homes for Scotland’s view that a focus on affordable and social housing is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis and fails to grasp the commercial realities of development is “out of touch with reality” and must be “rejected outright” by the Scottish Government, according to a

Sweeping new laws that come into force in just six weeks’ time that will significantly affect the rights of Scotland’s 760,000 private renters are the main focus of a high-level conference taking place in Edinburgh tomorrow. The Shelter Scotland Private Renting Conference brings together local a

With less than a week to go before Shelter Scotland’s annual Private Rented Sector Conference, James Battye says there is a lot to discuss. This year heralds the biggest change to Scotland’s private rented sector for a generation.

The provision of services for homeless people in Glasgow is to be further depleted after a night shelter announced it is to close on a Tuesday and Wednesday night. The city’s Hamish Allan Centre, where people are assessed for a bed, will cut back on its emergency out-of-hours services from next we

Lisa Glass To coincide with Challenge Poverty Week, Shelter Scotland is highlighting that poverty in Scotland can be solved by boosting incomes and reducing costs. Housing costs, whether it is rent or mortgage payments, are a huge expense and a huge financial burden for many families across Scotland