This new and comprehensive 90-page National Framework is for all organisations and sectors starting or scaling up Housing First in Scotland. It sets out the context in which Housing First can be successfully delivered, and should act as a guide to planning, commissioning and implementing the approach. Importantly, section 7…

As the pandemic eases, Scotland will return to a position where the legal basis for UK, national or local government funding for accommodation, support and advice for people without established entitlements remains inadequate. In most cases, councils are currently funding housing and financial support to people with eligible needs. Around…

The UK-wide New System Alliance is a response to the experiences of people going through tough times. That the systems people need to navigate are at their most rigid when they should be at their most flexible. And whichever door people enter is often the label they have stuck on…

Homeless Network Scotland has welcomed five new Directors to its Board. The new appointments strengthen the Board to 14. Maggie Brünjes, Chief executive at Homeless Network Scotland, said: “A warm welcome our new Board Members, who bring a fresh perspective and new set of skills and experience to the organisation…

A guide for Scotland’s 32 local authorities is published todaysummarising more than 100 recommendations from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) after it was reconvened by the Scottish Government in response to the pandemic. The guide has been developed by Crisis and Homeless Network Scotland, with support from local authority officers and the Scottish Government. HARSAG met…