Record high reported in homelessness numbers
THE number of people classified as ‘homeless’ at the end of September last year was at its highest since such data began to be collected…
Category: Homelessness
Legislation lifts local obligation on people experiencing homelessness
PEOPLE experiencing homelessness in Scotland will no longer have to demonstrate a local connection to the services they are seeking to access. Following legislation (here)…
250 deaths recorded among people experiencing homelessness
AN estimated 250 people died while experiencing homelessness in Scotland during last year, according to new figures published by National Records of Scotland. Says…
‘Housing First’ tenancy numbers continue to increase
ALMOST 100 new tenancies aimed squarely at people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness have been created between July 1 and the end…
Rise recorded in number of homelessness applications
THE number of applications for homelessness assistance has risen between 2020/21 and this financial year, 2021/22. According to the Scottish Government’s chief statistician, here, there…
Radical rural housing
Welcome to the ‘Smart Clachan’, a response to rural homelessness, writes Derek Logie, of Rural Housing Scotland… LAST month, I was asked to make a…
Tenancies milestone reached
ONE thousand housing tenancies – under a scheme that places housing, for homeless people, first, and asks questions later – have been provided by Scotland’s…
Slight rise noted in Scots homelessness applications
BETWEEN April and September last year, there were 17,447 applications for ‘homelessness assistance’, representing a two per cent (278) increase compared with the same six-month…
New approach beginning to tackle homelessness in Glasgow
A NEW way of tackling homelessness has provided a raft of secure tenancies for people considered homeless in Glasgow. Housing First – pioneered in Finland…
Latest homelessness statistics
APPLICATIONS for ‘homelessness assistance’ fell by almost ten per cent between 2019/20 and 2020/21. But, say statistics issued by the Scottish Government’s chief statistician, over…