Since the last training update, we have learned with nearly 50 of you by delivering trauma-informed approaches training and holding a fantastic session with Clan Childlaw about the UNCRC, homelessness and care leavers’ rights. We were also invited to host a workshop at the Share annual conference, exploring what housing…
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1 year into the housing emergency, 1 year to go until the election: a joint statement from Everyone Home
On the first anniversary of a national housing emergency being declared, and a year out from the Holyrood election, the Everyone Home Collective has issued a statement calling on all political parties to commit to taking urgent, concrete and bold action to turn the tide. #EveryoneHome
We hold power and responsibility to deliver equality for people
We’re not all at equal risk of homelessness. Every person carries their own unique experiences and faces different barriers to housing. Some groups of people are systematically disadvantaged, and despite legal duties, the evidence tells us that inequalities persist in Scotland. The Unequal Risk, an online course provided by our…
Response to Edinburgh suspension of council housing letting policy
Almost 18 months after declaring a housing emergency and amid spiralling homelessness in the capital, Edinburgh Council is taking the kind of bold action needed to address the problem – an emergency brake that will create breathing space to fix a system in meltdown.Councillors approved a suspension of council homes…
Housing Emergency: inclusion thrives in the ordinary
Maggie Brunjes, chief executive of Homeless Network Scotland, on why the housing emergency can’t become a cover for deepening exclusion.