Glasgow City Council has committed to the principle that there should be no ‘shared air’ communal night shelters in the city after hearing hard-hitting testimony of the damaging impact they had on people who were homeless last winter. The pledge by councillors and officials came at a summit held by…
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Homelessness conference 2025: Early bird booking & speaker news
Scotland’s housing emergency is more than stats and headlines. It’s a human issue that affects individuals, families and communities every day. This year’s homelessness conference is focused on the impact of the housing emergency on people. As the conference title says: It’s personal. So it’s fitting that we can announce…
June Network Briefing
In this month’s briefing: A year after the housing emergency was declared and with less than 12 months until the 2026 Holyrood election, demands for bold, urgent action to increase homes, address inequality and prevent more people becoming homeless are swelling to a chorus. Two academic papers in recent weeks…
What’s new in our summer training programme?
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…
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