The Scottish Housing Regulator has published the findings of its thematic review of council homelessness services. Homelessness services in Scotland: A thematic review – February 2023 | Scottish Housing Regulator.   While some councils have had success moving towards an approach with rapid rehousing at the centre, others are finding it…

A new policy paper published by the Centre for Homelessness Impact calls for specific interventions to relieve and prevent homelessness among people from ethnic minorities to address stark inequalities among people who are assessed as homeless. The report, written by Nissa Finney, Professor of Human Geography at the University of…

Housing Options Scotland and CaCHE (UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence) have joined forces to produce a series of stories about why inclusive and accessible housing and related services are key to people’s lives. In this podcast, Janice Stevenson, Development Officer at LGBT Youth Scotland, a youth work service providing…

In February, Councillor Jane Meagher chaired the first meeting of a new Homelessness Task Force appointed by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee – see the committee report here.  The remit of the group is to build on existing prevention work, reduce the number of…

Every day’s a learning day  Closer to home:a place-based approach to preventing homelessness  All homelessness starts in a community, so a place-based approach to preventing it happening is part of a wider shift towards employing assets that already exist in communities to improve wellbeing, address poverty and prevent homelessness. The…