Healthy homes, healthy futures is the theme of this year’s Scottish Housing Day, on 16 September. To mark the moment, our Head of Policy and Impact Matt Hamill sets out in Scottish Housing News exactly why home matters so greatly in providing the foundation for building settled, healthy lives. As Matt…
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Homeless Network Scotland Responds to the Programme for Government: a welcome direction, but delivery remains key
Yesterday saw MSPs return to Holyrood from their summer recess and with no hanging around it was straight into launching the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government. Homeless Network Scotland’s Head of Policy and Impact Matt Hamill welcomes the focus on prevention and joined-up ways of working – but says commitments…
Housing emergency must be priority as Holyrood returns
A coalition of 40 leading organisations across Scotland working to end homelessness has called for an urgent Ministerial Statement to update Parliament on the housing emergency as MSPs prepare to return from their summer break. The call comes as the Scottish Government prepares to set out its priorities in the…
The silo tax: why the people who need help most still pay the highest price
Jamie Milne, Policy & Communications Advisor at Homeless Network Scotland, on why the people who need help most still pay the highest price – and how The Level can raise the floor. When life gets complicated, people need more than one kind of help. A safe home. Support with mental…
The hidden everyday costs of homelessness
Recent research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals the deep impact of the cost-of-living crisis for 7.4million families on low incomes. But this ongoing crisis takes a bigger toll on people experiencing homelessness – particularly those forced to sleep rough. Kirsty Roebuck from Bethany Christian Trust writes about the impact…