Shelter Scotland calls on Glasgow City Council to meet its legal obligation to the city’s rough sleepers

Today [19 August 2019] Shelter Scotland handed in a letter to Glasgow City Council calling on it to end the unlawful practice of denying homeless people temporary accommodation. It cites 3365 instances where homeless people were turned away without being offered a bed for the night. The letter was delivered by a delegation of people who have experienced homelessness.

Does Glasgow City Council have the resources to fully replace temporary accommodation service cuts with its Housing First programme?

Over three-thousand “failures to accommodate” were recorded in Glasgow compared to 170 in the rest of Scotland

The Scottish Government’s approach to homelessness is changing but it remains to be seen if they will provide enough support to meet transformative possibilities

GOVERNMENT statistics released this morning [26 June] show a 3 per cent rise in homelessness applications to local councils in Scotland over the last year, the second year running that the figures have increased.

This comes as councils continue to dramatically overhaul the existing homelessness system towards a rapid rehousing policy and eventually a Housing First model.

Scottish Government launches new consultation to consider a seven-day restriction of unsuitable temporary accommodation

CommonSpace speaks to homeless participants in ‘tent town’

Jason Miller, protest organiser: “Glasgow City Council have a legal obligation to find homes for everyone in Glasgow”

Edinburgh housing activist: “Airbnb coupled with high rents and very little council houses have created the perfect storm leaving the lowest in society living in misery.” 

Scale of problem prompts calls for a review of social housing in Scotland’s capital