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Scottish families priced out of rental homes by UK austerity policies
Families on housing benefit are being priced out of homes across Scotland, according to new data that highlights the crisis
Charity to launch legal action over ‘scandalous’ failure to help Glasgow’s homeless
Homeless charity, Shelter Scotland, is preparing to take groundbreaking legal action against Glasgow City Council over its failure to accommodate
Homeless death toll in Scotland rises to 139
Charities are demanding urgent action to prevent a “tragic” loss of lives, as updated figures reveal at least 139 people
Revealed: Edinburgh’s 466 breaches of homeless B&B law
The City of Edinburgh Council has broken the law 466 times in the last year by placing homeless families in
Review promised on Scottish homeless death statistics
Scotland’s national records office has said it will undertake a review that could see it count the deaths of
‘Let us remember them’: Scots count shows almost two people a week die while homeless
In late January it started snowing again. Yellow weather warnings were issued across Scotland, ice formed on the pavements and
Revealed: the hidden storage costs faced by Scotland’s homeless
Charities and opposition parties have raised concerns about the hundreds of thousands in fees Scotland’s local authorities have charged
Lives on hold: meet the people existing in Edinburgh’s homeless hostels
Sitting on a scrap of beach looking over Edinburgh’s Firth of Forth – a no-man’s land that is no
Councils paid £660m for temporary homeless accommodation
Local authorities across Scotland have paid out more than half a billion pounds putting homeless people in temporary accommodation such
Scottish Government housing scheme criticised for ‘reviving right to buy’
The first homes built under the Scottish Government’s National Housing Trust programme have been sold off, prompting claims that
‘Dysfunctional’ Help to Buy subsidy should be scrapped, say critics
The Scottish Government is being urged to drop a “dysfunctional” subsidy for home-buyers after new data obtained by The Ferret