Branching Out: The National Framework for organisations and sectors starting or scaling up Housing First in Scotland, has been launched at Scotland’s Housing First conference. The 100-page guide endorsed by the Scottish Government and COSLA lends its title to the online event. The highly detailed yet easy-to-navigate guide sets out…
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Supporting people without a settled address to vote in the Scottish Parliament election
People who do not have a settled address or are experiencing homelessness can register to vote in the Scottish Parliament election on 6 May. The deadline to apply for a postal vote (including postal proxy vote) is 5pm on Tuesday 6 April. Anyone who wants to vote in person must…
Universal credit report links benefit to homelessness
The Scottish Government has published a report that highlights what it believes are correlations between homelessness and the roll out of Universal Credit (UC). The analysis is important because in January 2020 there were around 240,000 people claiming UC in Scotland, which had risen to 480,000 by January this year…
Funding allocations for drug services announced
As part of an announcement of additional funding for drug services on 18 March the Scottish Government has also taken steps to close the Housing Benefit loophole which sometimes put the homes of people entering residential rehabilitation at risk. While some areas had found a workaround, it was not being…
Scottish Parliament passes Landmark domestic abuse legislation
Domestic Abuse legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2018 established that coercive and controlling behaviour is domestic abuse, and a crime. It also acknowledged the harm to children living in a home where abuse is taking place. The Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill, passed in the Scottish Parliament last…