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🆕 Just a few days left to save 20% on all ticket options to Scotland's national homelessness conference - including attendance on both days, networking dinner and residential packages. Check out the early bird programme preview + booking options to suit all availability and budgets: buff.ly/eQtUNPo

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How do we stop people slipping through the gaps? Our Matt Hamill was on BBC Reporting Scotland talking about the urgent need for more social housing, better homelessness prevention and joined-up responses involving health, social care and justice services. 👉 Full clip from 15 mins: buff.ly/PxMzxcv

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A coalition of Scottish charities, frontline services and academics have called on ScotGov to ‘Build like Burnham’ by delivering at least 15,693 affordable homes a year to end Scotland’s housing emergency - as the new PM pledges a council house building boom down south. Read more: buff.ly/5l2BGbG

🆕 Great that new PM Andy Burnham is committed to ending rough sleeping. Now Crisis Scotland and Homeless Network Scotland have urged that any funding directed to Scotland as a result is used scale up Housing First - a proven way to tackle rough sleeping. Read our joint statement: buff.ly/HfreFAq

How will the new legal duty on public bodies in Scotland to 'Ask and Act' to prevent homelessness work in real life? Read first insights & recommendations in a report on the Upstream Homelessness Prevention pilot where social landlords and 3rd sector partners tested it out: buff.ly/VoTrGZS

ScotGov marked its first 50 days in power by announcing the rollout of a £50m homelessness prevention fund during a visit to Sanctuary Housing Association in Glasgow yesterday. More prevention and less crisis response can only be a good thing. Read about the fund and our response: buff.ly/mf6x1Kw

🆕 Book now to secure your place at this year’s national homelessness conference, Raising the Level - a landmark two-day summit focused on preventing severe and multiple disadvantage. Take advantage of the 20% Early Bird discount through July and check out the preview programme: buff.ly/egiOzXl

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🙌 Just over a week left to nominate someone whose frontline work inspires you for a Heart of Support award. Nomination is quick and simple: homelessnetwork.scot/the-viki-fox...

The Viki Fox Heart of Support Award - Homeless Network Scotland: we are all inAll over Scotland, people working in frontline services across homelessness and related sectors go all out to make the difference for people they support.  Athomelessnetwork.scot

Do you know a great frontline worker in mental health, housing, homelessness, social care, justice, or another sector? The Viki Fox Heart of Support Award honours the people who go above and beyond for folk each day. Find out more & nominate before 29 June: buff.ly/KUZK7u0 @smitfcharity.bsky.social

We've written to Shirley-Anne Somerville welcoming her as Cab Sec for Social Justice and Housing. Our message: housing and homelessness can't be a standalone policy area - progress unlocks benefits across the board and will require focus on homes, prevention, rapid rehousing and joined-up support.

Today the Everyone Home Collective has urged the new Scottish Government to make joined-up action central to tackling homelessness. Real progress means tackling poverty and the shortage of affordable housing - not just symbolic commitments. Full advice: homelessnetwork.scot/2026/05/21/j...

🆕 Polling for the Everyone Home collective reveals the impact of the housing emergency across society, with 1 in 3 voters fearful of losing their home in the next few years. Housing insecurity is now a weight on the minds of people across Scotland. Read more: buff.ly/NMwte6M

The Everyone Home Collective and the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS) have jointly issued a position paper calling on the Scottish Government to integrate housing equality and strategic support into More Homes Scotland. bit.ly/4s5tpd4

A 38% annual rise in breaches of the Unsuitable Accommodation Order in Dundee shows in stark terms how the system is failing people. We’ve joined Dundee's Housing Emergency Coalition to urge councillors to declare a #HousingEmergency and take action now. Read the coalition letter: buff.ly/pCvC3PQ

Check out the new Network Briefing for commentary on the Scottish Budget, and announcement of a new national housing agency plus latest research, news, updates and opportunities, and a guest contribution from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Màiri McAllan: us3.campaign-archive.com?u=01130236da...

Homelessness policy in Scotland has changed significantly over the last 25 years and continues to with the Housing Act 2025 bringing new prevention measures. Want to learn more? Join our next Rough Guide to Homelessness Policy and Legislation session on 26 February. Save your spot: buff.ly/o6uhPmX

💻 EVENT: Housing First in a Housing Emergency Join us at a webinar to hear from ScotGov on its ambitions for HF + new funding, explore the Check-up and Branching Out framework, and learn from councils and partners about barriers to delivery & solutions. 26 Jan, 2pm | online. Book:

Housing First in a Housing Emergency - Homeless Network Scotland: we are all inMonday 26 January 2026 – 2:30pm – 4:00pm (Teams)buff.ly

❗ Tomorrow's Scottish Budget is a defining moment for how we address homelessness and achieve housing justice for people. If Scotland wants to be credible on this, three decisions are essential. Read a @bigissue.com opinion piece by HNS chief exec Maggie Brünjes: www.bigissue.com/opinion/scot...

This is how to turn Scottish housing rights into housing realityThe upcoming budget needs to put serious money behind Scotland's housing future, writes the CEO of Homeless Network Scotland.www.bigissue.com

"Most recent figures show that in 2024 Scotland had more than 43,000 homes classified as empty." Read this from Scottish Procurement Alliance's Lesley Peaty (+ shout out to our own Grant Campbell): www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/les...

Lesley Peaty: We can’t just build our way out of the housing crisisFollowing a discussion during the Scottish Procurement Alliance AGM that focused on the nation's housing crisis, regional director Lesley Peaty argues that if we are to find homes for all those in nee...www.scottishhousingnews.com

What happened at this year's homelessness conference? It was the biggest to date and the 2-day programme was bursting with discussions, debates, breakouts and inspiring keynotes. Refresh your memory or catch up on what you missed in our picture-packed conference report: buff.ly/xwFzO6A