On Saturday 23rd September, we hosted our first community event for private tenants: ‘Renting, Venting and Change’. The event brought together private tenants from around...
Category: Policy
Homelessness and “Housing First” in Scotland
The recently published programme for government outlined a pledge to renewed leadership, vision and national coordination to tackle homelessness in Scotland. This is a very welcome...
How statistics help us understand Scotland’s housing crisis
Statistics can help us better understand the social problems that we face. When we look at housing in Scotland, we tend to focus on the figures that show evidence of a housing crisis, such...
Progress towards policy participation
Many charities in Scotland will be aware of the value and importance of service user involvement in their work, and we at Shelter Scotland are no different. In recent months, the...
Social Sector Evictions on the Rise
We have got used to hearing over recent years about the problems facing families and households struggling to afford the essentials, the growth of foodbanks and having to choose between...