Shelter Scotland is beginning ground-breaking research with De Montfort University and University College London, to understand children’s experiences of temporary accommodation (temp) and...
Author: Alice Tooms-Moore
The barriers faced by people from minoritised ethnic groups trying to access a social home
In 2020 Shelter Scotland made the commitment to be an actively anti-racist organisation. We know that Scotland’s housing system is broken and biased, and we must fight against...
How are local authorities coping with the growing housing emergency?
Ahead of local elections in 2022, we spoke to councillors from all four of Scotland’s biggest cities on the importance of delivering social housing to address the housing emergency. Thanks...
Scottish Government must strengthen the rights for people who are homeless
Before the pandemic we were already in a housing emergency with a household becoming homeless every 17 minutes, and 43 children becoming homeless in Scotland every day[1]. The homelessness...
How to support renters out of the pandemic
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of home, throughout it we have been told to “stay home, stay safe”. However, as it drags on many renters are building up debt putting them at...