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...
Category: social housing
Understanding the Social Value of Social Housing
This month an exciting new tool was launched by Shelter Scotland and HACT to help understand the positive impact of new social homes. The project is a collaboration between HACT and Shelter...
The runners in the race for Bute House had little to say on homelessness
The campaign to be the next First Minister of Scotland was fractious to say the least. All the candidates were more than willing to drill down into their opponents records and shine a light...
Scottish budget: choosing to increase homelessness in Scotland
The 2023/24 Scottish Budget represented a crucial opportunity for the Scottish Government to show that it’s serious about reducing affordable housing need and tackling the backlog of...
What is “affordable housing need”?
Here at Shelter Scotland we campaign for more social housing in order to reduce “affordable housing need”. But what exactly does that mean? And why do we do it? What is the...