The Everyone Home collective has warned that people forced to sleep rough in Scotland could die this winter because of a severe lack of accommodation amid record levels of homelessness. The collective has written to Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP and COSLA Community Wellbeing Spokeswoman…

Delegates at Scotland’s annual homelessness conference on 29 and 30 October will be tasked with creating a route-map out of the housing and homelessness emergency. The focus of Right Here, Right Now is what action taken now can ease the escalating crisis and what needs to happen next to create…

In the face of a housing emergency and cost of living crisis, homelessness is rising fast in Scotland. At the same time, we have a landmark Housing Bill going through parliament which could, if delivered properly, change the face of homelessness by significantly widening prevention duties.   Addressing the current…

Campaigners are rallying support in a bid to overturn the axing of a scheme that provided free bus travel for people in Scotland seeking asylum. A motion proposed by the Scottish Greens at their opposition debate on Wednesday, 9 October calls for the Scottish Government to restore their commitment to the scheme….

Among this month’s briefings are the latest report into the Fair Way Scotland partnership, which reveals the toll of destitution inflicted by UK immigration policy on people seeking to settle in Scotland – the hidden humanitarian crisis within the housing emergency.  We also share news of the launch of No…