ANOTHER SHELTER SCOTLAND CAMPAIGN WIN With polls closed and election results coming over the next 36 hours, now is as good a time as any to take stock and reflect on how, with our...
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Housing is a human right
“They treated me as if it was my fault for being homeless. They didn’t treat me with any kind of respect. They treated me like scum to be honest.” Sarah’s words, speaking to my...
Your housing or your health? Your health or your housing?
Scottish Government’s announcement last Thursday was a very welcome one. A £5 million “recovery and rehabilitation fund” to provide additional residential rehabilitation capacity and to...
Do we risk diluting the rights of homeless people?
Last week’s publication of the report and recommendations from the Crisis-led Scotland Prevention Review Group (PRG) puts the need for every part of the public sector to take...
It’s definitely time to address inequality in Scotland
The report ‘If Not Now, When?’ from the Scottish-Government-convened Social Renewal Advisory Board published last week starts with a very appropriate analogy: We may all be in the same...