Housing campaigners welcome Scottish Labour promise of extra social housing but say this can’t be “an unthinking numbers game”

14,000 children in Scotland are homeless

The CommonSpace Show returns –  featuring CommonSpace journalists David Jamieson and Rhiannon Davies discussing the week’s big stories.

For this edition, we are joined by freelance journalist Karin Goodwin who regularly contributes to both the Sunday National and The Ferret. Earlier this year she was awarded the Nicola Barry award at the Scottish Press Awards for her campaigning journalism. She focuses mainly on social issues, and has covered homelessness and the Serco evictions in depth. 

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”