Social housing

Scotland's housing emergency: a timeline

Author / Creator: Shelter Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: 2024

The housing emergency in Scotland has never just been about houses – it’s about people.

It’s about the family struggling to meet next month’s mortgage payment. The young family renting a rundown flat, wondering if they’ll ever be able to afford a home of their own. This is about the children living in temporary accommodation, forced to change schools every time they move. These are today's struggles.

A home is not a luxury - it's a fundamental human right

Author / Creator: Assa Samake-Roman

Media type: Article

Date published: 2024

More people are finding themselves losing their grip on stable housing, resulting in a surge in homelessness

A housing practitioners’ guide to integrating people seeking protection and refugees, 3rd ed

Author / Creator: Grant McPhail

Media type: Guide

Date published: 2021

The guide aims to aid housing practitioners to support the integration of people seeking protection and those recognised as refugees.

The Homelessness Monitor: Scotland 2021

Author / Creator: Beth Watts

Media type: Assessment report

Date published: 2021

Rates of core homelessness are substantially lower in Scotland (0.57% of households) than in England (0.94%) and Wales (0.66%).  In March 2021, the numbers in temporary housing stood at over 13,000. This is well above the previous peak of 11,665 a year before. 

Housing For A Better Nation

Author / Creator: Sarah Glynn

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: August 2014

Good housing needs more than good housing policy. Housing policy needs to be part of wider social changes towards a more equal, community-centred, environmentally sustainable society.