The Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf  announced in Parliament yesterday that a number of short-term prisoners nearing the end of their time in custody are to be released early, under measures designed to help tackle the (COVID-19) outbreak. Regulations will be laid before Parliament on the 30th of April…

Maggie Brunjes, Homeless Network Scotland’s chief executive, asks – can rough sleeping in Scotland get a fresh start? Just weeks before the Covid-19 crisis emerged, we held a partner’s event on the theme of rough sleeping. There were more people in the hall that day than there were people outside…

In 2018/19, 1,822 homeless applications were recorded as having been from people leaving prison, which represents five per cent of the total. It is likely that this figure does not represent the full scale of the problem, with applicants often unwilling to reveal their background. With discussion around more widespread…

Crisis are conducting research to better understand the impact that Coronavirus has had on people experiencing homelessness, how it has impacted on the support that is needed, and what that means for both front line services, local authority and national government responses. The findings of this will be enormously useful…

The response from the homelessness sector to COVID-19 continues at pace. Assessing whether the measures introduced in the past two weeks are the right ones, and what aspects we might want to retain, must be guided by people with expertise both as practitioners and through their own lived experience, says…