Homelessness

Street Legal has been successful in a Court of Session case that challenged Edinburgh Council’s refusal to accept a homeless application from a family. A partnership between Clan Childlaw and Shelter Scotland, Street Legal provides free legal help with housing and homelessness for children and

Legal Services Agency has launched a new project which will provide support to people detained in HMP Greenock and Low Moss by offering tailored legal advice and representation, to empower individuals to understand their housing options and navigate legal processes. The project, Disrupting Cycles of

Homeless Project Scotland has revealed that it has helped more than 50 rough sleepers on the streets of Glasgow city centre in the last two weeks. A number of these individuals experiencing homelessness were recently released from prison and said there is an issue with men being released late in the

If anything positive can be taken from the coronavirus pandemic it is that, almost overnight, accommodation was found for large numbers of Scotland’s street-homeless population. As soon as the lockdown was announced charities and local authorities mobilised, hotel rooms were acquired and rough

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to investigate Glasgow City Council’s service for people who are homeless after finding that a “significant number of people” are still failing to receive temporary and emergency accommodation when required. Using its powers under the Housing (Scot

Academics are to investigate the impact of the alcohol minimum unit pricing law on homeless drinkers. The research is being led by experts from Glasgow Caledonian University’s substance use and misuse research group.

A judicial review of Glasgow City Council's homelessness strategy is unlikely to result in meaningful change, solicitors have said. Shelter Scotland is preparing to take the city's council to court unless it ends the practice of “unlawfully” denying homeless people temporary accommodatio

Shelter Scotland is preparing to take Glasgow City Council to court unless it ends the practice of "unlawfully" denying homeless people temporary accommodation. The charity has outlined its intention to seek a judicial review in a solicitor's letter delivered today. The letter was hand-delivered by

Criminal offences relating to unlawful eviction – that have existed for half a century – are not being upheld, according to new findings. Writing for the SCOLAG Journal, Shaun McPhee presents the preliminary findings of research on enforcement in the Scottish private rented sector, in pa

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has launched a crowdfunder to provide legal services for women who are homeless. GLC is aiming to raise £5,000 to get the project started with a view to ultimately raising £20,000 to provide a more holistic, integrated service.