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Homeless Scotland

@HomelessScotla1

Homeless Scotland's a not for profit, non government funded project, connecting disadvantaged Scots to emergency accommodation, FREE food, clothes & support.

Joined February 2018
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Deaths among homeless people in Scotland up 10% bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-561…
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Burnham’s homelessness pledge to ‘get everyone in for Christmas’ in jeopardy

Burnham’s homelessness pledge to ‘get everyone in for Christmas’ in jeopardy

Minister says Labour hoping to offer bed to every rough sleeper in England but cites chronic housing shortage

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Record number of homeless people in temporary housing after 10% rise in Scotland

Record number of homeless people in temporary housing after 10% rise in Scotland

More than 19,000 homeless households were being accommodated by Scotland's local authorities in March.

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Homeless deaths in Scotland up nearly 40% annually housingtoday.co.uk/news/home…
Homeless deaths in Scotland up nearly 40% annually

Homeless deaths in Scotland up nearly 40% annually

Number of people dying while sleeping rough or in insecure accommodation reached 1,720 across the UK in 2025

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Homelessness in Scotland is a growing crisis. In 2025–26, 19,004 households were in temporary accommodation, including 10,715 children. Behind every statistic is a person who deserves safety, dignity and a place to call home. We need action, not excuses. #Homelessness #Scotland
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Maggie Brünjes: Good enough for whom? @ScotHousingNews scottishhousingnews.com/arti…
Maggie Brünjes: Good enough for whom?

Maggie Brünjes: Good enough for whom?

Maggie Brünjes, chief executive of Homeless Network Scotland, on how new UK funding for homelessness can be used to add the right kind of housing. A distraught man stood up at a meeting in Glasgow...

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Scottish government boosts discretionary housing payment scheme to £117m insidehousing.co.uk/news/sco…
Scottish government boosts discretionary housing payment scheme to £117m

Scottish government boosts discretionary housing payment scheme to £117m

The Scottish government has topped up its discretionary housing payments scheme with an extra £2m, taking the total to £117m.

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Homelessness in Scotland is a growing crisis. In 2025–26, 19,004 households were in temporary accommodation, including 10,715 children. Behind every statistic is a person who deserves safety, dignity and a place to call home. We need action, not excuses. #Homelessness #Scotland
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Four homeless deaths in Scotland a week, figures suggest

Four homeless deaths in Scotland a week, figures suggest

The new data was a slight decrease on the previous year's figures but "not statistically significant".

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Record number of homeless people in temporary housing after 10% rise in Scotland

Record number of homeless people in temporary housing after 10% rise in Scotland

More than 19,000 homeless households were being accommodated by Scotland's local authorities in March.

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Homeless deaths in Scotland up nearly 40% annually housingtoday.co.uk/news/home…
Homeless deaths in Scotland up nearly 40% annually

Homeless deaths in Scotland up nearly 40% annually

Number of people dying while sleeping rough or in insecure accommodation reached 1,720 across the UK in 2025

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Homelessness in Scotland is a growing crisis. In 2025–26, 19,004 households were in temporary accommodation, including 10,715 children. Behind every statistic is a person who deserves safety, dignity and a place to call home. We need action, not excuses. #Homelessness #Scotland
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The number of people who died while homeless in Scotland rose by 38% last year, with 232 deaths recorded in 2025 compared with 168 in 2024, according to new research. scottishhousingnews.com/arti…
Homeless deaths in Scotland rise 38% in a year

Homeless deaths in Scotland rise 38% in a year

The number of people who died while homeless in Scotland rose by 38% last year, with 232 deaths recorded in 2025 compared with 168 in 2024, according to new research.

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Social Bite opens village for homeless people in Rutherglen

Social Bite opens village for homeless people in Rutherglen

Harriet Gardens in Rutherglen will cater for 15 people at a time, with each person staying in a nest home.

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Homelessness in Scotland is a growing crisis. In 2025–26, 19,004 households were in temporary accommodation, including 10,715 children. Behind every statistic is a person who deserves safety, dignity and a place to call home. We need action, not excuses. #Homelessness #Scotland
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Over 50% of social housing lets in Scotland made to homeless households, annual data reveals. insidehousing.co.uk/news/ove…
Over 50% of social housing lets in Scotland made to homeless households, annual data reveals

Over 50% of social housing lets in Scotland made to homeless households, annual data reveals

More than half of all permanent lets for social housing in Scotland were made to homeless families last year, new data has revealed.

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Successful Homeless Village in Scotland Offers Residents Independence but Asks Responsibility goodnewsnetwork.org/successf…
Successful Homeless Village in Scotland Offers Residents Independence but Asks Responsibility

Successful Homeless Village in Scotland Offers Residents Independence but Asks Responsibility

In South Lanarkshire, some 1,500 residents are considered homeless, an increase over the last 6 years of 33%. 

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Council rejects planning bid by homeless shelter over crime fears

Council rejects planning bid by homeless shelter over crime fears

Homeless Project Scotland (HPS) has provided an overnight space and soup kitchen without planning permission since November 2023.

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Homelessness in Scotland is a growing crisis. In 2025–26, 19,004 households were in temporary accommodation, including 10,715 children. Behind every statistic is a person who deserves safety, dignity and a place to call home. We need action, not excuses. #Homelessness #Scotland
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Scotland can cut worst forms of homelessness by nearly half with current powers, new research finds @ScotHousingNews scottishhousingnews.com/arti…

Scotland can cut worst forms of homelessness by nearly half with current powers, new research finds

The worst forms of homelessness in Scotland could be cut by nearly half within this parliamentary term, according to major new research published today by the homelessness charity Crisis Scotland.

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Scotland could slash extreme homelessness by nearly half in two years – report news.stv.tv/scotland/scotlan…
Scotland could slash extreme homelessness by nearly half in two years – report

Scotland could slash extreme homelessness by nearly half in two years – report

The number of Scots facing the worst forms of homelessness could be cut by 47% by 2028 if ministers made the right interventions

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