Scotland’s Housing First Conference on 31 March, taking place in person once again, will consider how a ‘no evictions into homelessness’ approach could work for tenants and landlords – and if it could be woven through the future Scottish rental strategy as a guiding principle. The Scottish Government is consulting…
Taking place in person once again after two years online, the annual Housing First Conference on 31 March will hear that Housing First is ‘Here To Stay’ in Scotland, which is also the title of the one-day event at Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) – now open for bookings. The Scottish…
Ginny Cooper & David Ramsay from Homeless Network Scotland reflect on their experiences working with people to lead Change. Ginny: My colleague David and I are programme leads at Homeless Network Scotland focusing on systems and culture change and prevention, respectively. A big part of the transformational change we are…
Prevention of Homelessness Duties Live today, scheduled at 14.50-16.20 Today, the Scottish Parliament will debate the joint Scottish Government and COSLA consultation on the Prevention of Homelessness Duties. This seeks to: strengthen the rights of people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness in Scotland. support the principles as informed by the final report of…
Scottish Government & COSLA have published a joint consultation on new Prevention of Homelessness Duties. The background to the consultation includes: A recommendation to legislate from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group in 2018, accepted by Scottish Ministers. Recommendations from the Prevention Review Group reporting 2021, convened by Crisis and chaired…