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…

Scottish Government has published a framework for supporting gypsy and traveller communities living on public and private sites, and in unauthorised encampments in Scottish local authorities during the COVID-19 outbreak. The guidance notes that it may also support other mobile communities, however there are additional considerations for Gypsy/Travellers based on…

Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on Housing, has published 13 urgent measures all countries should take in keeping with their human rights obligations around the right to housing during Covid-19. Reassuringly, Scotland is progressing on each of these fronts, but our best responses must continue and improve post-Covid19.

New guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) has been published for health and social care workers responding to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland. The guidance, which has been agreed by the four UK Chief Medical Officers and Chief Nursing Officers, follows an urgent review of the existing guidance against the latest…