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Homeless Network Scotland

@homelessnetscot

Ending homelessness in Scotland is possible if we connect, learn and act together on what works and what matters. Home of @HFScotland #EveryoneHome

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Scottish Housing Regulator says systemic failure in homelessness services is BEYOND anything it can do: “systemic failure requires a systemic intervention that is beyond our regulatory powers”. Scottish Government must give extraordinary response in budget, it’s not business as usual.

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ℹ️ Scot Gov Fairer has today published how it allocated £2m funding for councils facing the biggest pressures on temporary accommodation. 15 councils received a share, ranging from £17,897 in East Ayrshire and Shetland Islands Council to £545,861 in The City of Edinburgh Council gov.scot/publications/t…

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We're backing calls by @shelter and Glasgow City Council officials for cross-party members to declare a housing emergency tomorrow. The city has made great strides in tackling homelessness but faces a perfect storm of pressure on accommodation and services: dailyrecord.co.uk/news/glasgow-p…

We're backing calls by @shelter and @GlasgowCC officials for cross-party members to declare a housing emergency tomorrow. The city has made great strides in tackling homelessness but faces a perfect storm of pressure on accommodation and services: dailyrecord.co.uk/news/glasgow-p…
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Official: 244 people died while experiencing homelessness in 2022, almost half under 45. Most in temp accommodation with a minority sleeping rough: nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2023/244-…

No starker illustration of the urgent need for properly resourced prevention duties & more social housing.

Official: 244 people died while experiencing homelessness in 2022, almost half under 45. Most in temp accommodation with a minority sleeping rough: nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2023/244-… No starker illustration of the urgent need for properly resourced prevention duties & more social housing.
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Struggling families already have to choose between putting food on the table, paying bills or getting into debt. Humza Yousaf Scottish Government must prioritise child poverty in all tax & spending decisions this Budget. Read our joint letter: endchildpoverty.org.uk/letter_to_firs……

Struggling families already have to choose between putting food on the table, paying bills or getting into debt. @HumzaYousaf @scotgov must prioritise child poverty in all tax & spending decisions this Budget. Read our joint letter: endchildpoverty.org.uk/letter_to_firs…… #EndChildPoverty
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Refugee Survival Trust(@RefugeeSurvival) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We work hard to make sure our flats for destitute people in the asylum system model the kind of high quality community-based accommodation that all people seeking refuge in Scotland deserve. Here are a couple of pics from one of our flats, which we have recently been upgrading

We work hard to make sure our flats for destitute people in the asylum system model the kind of high quality community-based accommodation that all people seeking refuge in Scotland deserve. Here are a couple of pics from one of our flats, which we have recently been upgrading
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Hazel MacIver(@HazelMaciver) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A case worker told me that she knows of 42 occasions this month so far (in just one local authority area) where people presented as homeless, but told there was nowhere for them to stay and given sleeping bags.

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Protracted Crisis Research Centre(@PCRC_UWS) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are 30,000 households in Scotland’s homelessness system, the highest level since records began. The upcoming needs to address the escalating

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lorraine mcgrath(@CEOsimonscot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We can't prevent more people losing their home and we can't end anyone's distress, trauma or ill-health, and they can't reach their potential without a safe place to call home, we need immediate, medium and long term action, we know what's needed and we know what's possible

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Crisis Scotland(@CrisisScotland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Along with members of the Everyone Home Collective and others including Poverty Alliance and CPAG Scotland, we have signed this letter to the Deputy First Minister.

It calls for urgent action to tackle homelessness in the Scottish Government budget.

homelessnetwork.scot/2023/11/22/eve…

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Blue Triangle(@bluetriangleHA) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Too many people are waiting for a safe, secure home; watching their life chances being damaged and their options and possibilities being limited as they are pulled into homelessness.

We stand with Homeless Network Scotland and 40 orgs to call for more 💙

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Cyrenians(@Cyrenians1968) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are among the many organisations who have signed this letter calling for the Scottish Government to put in place the foundations of a system that prevents and ends homelessness.

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Yes: 65
No: 50

This evening Scottish Parliament agreed a motion from Mark Griffin, amended by Paul McLennan - MSP for East Lothian, which stops short of declaring a housing emergency in Scotland.

A response from the collective will be posted here tomorrow.

Yes: 65 No: 50 This evening @ScotParl agreed a motion from @MarkGriff1n, amended by @PaulMcLennan7, which stops short of declaring a housing emergency in Scotland. A response from the #EveryoneHome collective will be posted here tomorrow.
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