The first Network Briefing of 2026 follows a busy start to the year, with the Scottish Budget and Spending Review, plus the announcement of a new national housing agency, More Homes Scotland. Read the briefing for commentary and reaction to those events, plus all the latest research, news, updates and opportunities from within and…

“A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values” – Barack Obama Scotland already has a strong housing and homelessness policy framework, including some of the strongest homelessness rights in the world. By providing the financial backing needed to…

The Scottish Government has announced More Homes Scotland – a new national executive agency to speed up and maximise affordable housing delivery across Scotland. Key details: Focus: in three parts – simplicity (reducing duplication and inefficiencies), scale (delivering large projects, including rural and island needs), and speed (unlocking stalled sites, land, infrastructure and collaboration with the Scottish National…

The final Scottish Budget before the Holyrood election is a step in the right direction on housing and homelessness. But amid a continuing emergency that is causing real harm to people across Scotland, the next Scottish Government must go further to reverse chronic underfunding that is leaving thousands of people…

People facing homelessness in Scotland are once again at risk of trauma and harm as the housing emergency threatens the return of old-style communal night shelters, experts fear. The warning, echoed by people with lived experience of using shelters, comes as groundbreaking research from Heriot-Watt University details how Scotland ended…