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…

Scotland has some of the strongest homelessness rights in the world, but those rights are being fatally undermined by chronic underfunding and a persistent failure to deliver social homes at the scale required. Legislation cannot house people. Only investment can do that – and the forthcoming Scottish budget is an…

This year’s homelessness conference was the biggest yet, with more than 250 people joining us on each day at Perth Concert Hall. Highlights this year included the Cabinet Secretary announcing new homelessness funding, All in for Change sharing the results of their first peer research, unforgettable keynotes from Floella Benjamin (plus Humpty) and Eireann McAuley, a celebration of the frontline workforce, and the launch…

This month’s Network Briefing shares progress made in the last 12 months toward meeting the ambitions of the Ending Homelessness Together plan, the latest evaluation of Fair Way Scotland, a glossy, picture-packed report on this year’s annual homelessness conference, plus opportunities to engage with consultations and a Housing First webinar…

Scotland has made significant and internationally notable progress in reducing destitution among people who are blocked from accessing mainstream support because of their immigration status, a major new evaluation has found. But the study warns that provision remains too limited to meet the scale of need. The independent report examines…