Craig Paterson provides an eyewitness account for CommonSpace from Milan, where the European housing movement has taken its demands directly to the European Parliament and European Commission offices

A EUROPEAN coalition of housing campaigners demanded the EU take action to solve the housing crisis in Milan today [13 April], confronting representatives of the European Parliament with their list of demands.

Common Weal head of policy Ben Wray charts how mothers - often the hardest hit by the benefit cap - in Edinburgh are organising against the injustices in the housing system

AS winter comes in, and the nights get cold and icy, the spectre of homelessness for people all over Scotland becomes that little bit more frightening. This winter is set to be bad. A combination of cuts, increased cost of living and an acute housing crisis is taking its toll, forcing people into destitution.

Amid his turmoil, Homeless in Glasgow author John-Paul Clark saw some of the best Glasgow has to offer

ENROLLING back at university, the thought occurred to me that I have been studying for as long as Jim Murphy. Unlike Jim, though, I have already graduated with one degree and will at least finish next year with my dignity intact.

In the final part of an unmissable series, John-Paul Clark reflects on the biggest lessons from his homelessness journey

MY own JFK moment arrived on 19 July 2010 with David Cameron's Big Society speech.

His promise of agency in order that people needn't turn to the government was doublespeak for another Tory onslaught upon the working classes. I spat his words back at him but could never have imagined the impact it would have upon my own life.

In the penultimate piece of his 10-part series, John-Paul Clark is within painful touching distance of finally having a home

AN adult returning to sleeping in a single bed usually always represents some form of misfortune.

Coming home of a day to see that bed lying at the back of the living room was a constant and horrendous reminder of my downfall. Lying on it one sleepless night weeks after I was supposed to move out was perhaps my lowest moment in the year past. I'd had enough and could take no more of that life.

Homeless women in Glasgow to be offered free sanitary projects

A PROJECT by a Glasgow based charity has been launched to provide sanitary items for homeless women who are sleeping rough.

Street teams already deliver other essential items for homeless people including food, sleeping bags, and needle exchange. The move to include sanitary items comes as the issue of “period poverty” has attracted greater recognition, with a number of charities and cross party politicians calling for measures to address it.

Raised Voices, a creative writing and drama group for people with experience of homelessness, speak to CommonSpace about their uphill climb

“Finding myself without a home was like arriving in a deep, dark hole,” says Raised Voices member Colin Brown.