“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...
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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...
Discrimination in Housing – ‘No DSS’
Foreword by Chris Ryan, Strategic Litigation Solicitor, Shelter ScotlandIn May 2018, Shelter Scotland hosted Scotland’s Equality Law and Housing Conference to develop an understanding of...