All in for Change is a team of people with personal and frontline experience of homelessness who work to influence change in the way we address and resolve homelessness in Scotland. The Team first met in December 2019 to help close the gap between policy and action on the ground…

Mhairi Snowden, Head of Policy and Programmes, Homeless Network Scotland It is vital that we keep the housing rights we have, and that the Scottish Government and councils work together to make them a reality. This is the important message of a letter from Everyone Home, a collective of almost…

The Scottish Government today took important steps towards addressing the homelessness and housing crisis by promising to ramp up delivery of social and affordable homes with £768million of investment next year and £4million to fund homelessness prevention pilot schemes. Homeless Network Scotland welcomes these commitments, which are crucial to set…

Members of the Scottish Parliament are voting on the Housing Bill as it comes to the end of Stage One, where the general principles of the legislation are debated and then voted on. Homeless Network Scotland is one of 23 organisations supporting this briefing produced by Crisis Scotland ahead of…

Today we learn that an estimated 242 people died while homeless in 2023, mainly while in unsuitable temporary accommodation. Most were only 35 to 44 years old.  This is similar to last year and far higher than the 164 losses estimated when National Records of Scotland began collecting this data…