Ministers have come under fire for spending just 9% of a special fund set up to deal with 'dangerous' cladding across Scotland seven years after the Grenfell tragedy.
Scotland's housing emergency is set to breach new rights for children being adopted by the Scottish Government from today, it can be revealed.
The building of over 1,800 new affordable homes has ground to a halt across Scotland as a result of funding cuts to the Scottish Government's flagship affordable homes supply programme, aimed at ending the homelessness crisis.
Homes for Scotland chief executive Jane Wood highlights the challenging environment home builders in Scotland must operate within and the levers the Scottish Government can pull now to make an immediate difference.
Councils across Scotland have broken the law that prevents the homeless including children and pregnant mothers being placed in unfit housing more than 15000 times over five years.
Ministers have come under fire for ending a fund set up to help prevent homelessness and child poverty in Scotland with no plans to replace it with a new one.
The Herald today launches a campaign through a seven-point charter for change to help end Scotland's housing emergency including a call to change the law so that thousands of Scots found to be at risk of homelessness every year get support earlier to stay in their homes.
A Scottish charity which supports the homeless and has enjoyed the support of celebrities and royalty has warned that landlords are "profiteering from human misery" as the nation struggles to cope with a housing emergency.
Social Bite which supports the homeless has called for urgent action to end the housing emergency - by fixing the "broken system" that is Scotland’s temporary accommodation provision. The charity which enjoys the support of celebrities and royalty has warned that landlords are "profiteering from human misery" as the nation struggles to cope with the rise in the number of homeless people.
This crisis is the result of political choices that successive Westminster and Holyrood governments have made, resulting in a scandalous acceptance of our housing stock as an asset to be gamed, rather than as safe and affordable homes for all. Tenants cannot continue to suffer while landlords accrue more wealth largely unregulated.
