Homelessness
Neil Mackay: Taylor Swift, homeless children and Scotland’s shame
![Janet Haugh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18124428.jpg)
![Janet Haugh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18124428.jpg)
AGENDA
![Hunter Street practice in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16706832.jpg)
![Hunter Street practice in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16706832.jpg)
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![‘Housing emergency’ blamed for lack of homeless accommodation during Swift shows](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18140739.jpg)
![‘Housing emergency’ blamed for lack of homeless accommodation during Swift shows](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18140739.jpg)
![The LandAid 2024 sleep out in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18095572.jpg)
![The LandAid 2024 sleep out in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18095572.jpg)
![People queue outside the Overnight Welcome Centre in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18091601.jpg)
![People queue outside the Overnight Welcome Centre in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18091601.jpg)
![Social Bite](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18010476.jpg)
![Social Bite](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18010476.jpg)
![Plans in the UK Government's Criminal Justice Bill would allow the police to fine or move on “nuisance” rough sleepers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12140829.jpg)
![Plans in the UK Government's Criminal Justice Bill would allow the police to fine or move on “nuisance” rough sleepers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12140829.jpg)
![Devolution has failed to properly address the problem of poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10874491.jpg)
![Devolution has failed to properly address the problem of poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10874491.jpg)
![Alison Watson, director of Shelter Scotland, accuses Humza Yousaf of 'gaslighting' Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17812257.jpg)
![Alison Watson, director of Shelter Scotland, accuses Humza Yousaf of 'gaslighting' Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17812257.jpg)
![Empty properties in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17801497.jpg)
![Empty properties in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17801497.jpg)
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![Fears over mental health problems among people who are homeless](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15911118.jpg)
![Fears over mental health problems among people who are homeless](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15911118.jpg)
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![Thousands of disabled Scots have been left stuck on social housing waiting lists](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15739175.jpg)
![Thousands of disabled Scots have been left stuck on social housing waiting lists](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15739175.jpg)
![Alex Salmond has visited a Glasgow soup kitchen](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17748205.jpg)
![Alex Salmond has visited a Glasgow soup kitchen](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17748205.jpg)
![Matt Downie, chief executive of Crisis](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17645801.jpg)
![Matt Downie, chief executive of Crisis](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17645801.jpg)
![Customers queue outside the Shelter Scotland charity shop in Edinburgh's Stockbridge for the opening of the annual January sale](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17609361.jpg)
![Customers queue outside the Shelter Scotland charity shop in Edinburgh's Stockbridge for the opening of the annual January sale](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17609361.jpg)
![The Invisibles on Sauchiehall Street on Christmas Eve](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17586240.jpg)
![The Invisibles on Sauchiehall Street on Christmas Eve](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17586240.jpg)
KEVIN MCKENNA AT LARGE
![Action call after more than 16,000 Scots children were homeless last Christmas](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12040410.jpg)
![Action call after more than 16,000 Scots children were homeless last Christmas](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12040410.jpg)
![Shelter Scotland are warning child homelessness will get worse](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14113187.jpg)
![Shelter Scotland are warning child homelessness will get worse](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14113187.jpg)
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![Shona Robison presents the Scottish budget](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17569902.jpg)
![Shona Robison presents the Scottish budget](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17569902.jpg)
![First Minster Humza Yousaf listens as his deputy Shona Robison delivers the Scottish Government's budget plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17568798.jpg)
![First Minster Humza Yousaf listens as his deputy Shona Robison delivers the Scottish Government's budget plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17568798.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17175950.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17175950.jpg)
![Social Bite and itison are fundraising to support homeless people at Christmas](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17522236.jpg)
![Social Bite and itison are fundraising to support homeless people at Christmas](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17522236.jpg)
![Homeless man and SNP housing minister Paul McLennan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17518617.jpg)
![Homeless man and SNP housing minister Paul McLennan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17518617.jpg)
![Homeless charity secures indoor facility in Glasgow as coldest months approach](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17494119.jpg)
![Homeless charity secures indoor facility in Glasgow as coldest months approach](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17494119.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has highlighted his 'united' Cabinet after sacking Suella Braverman](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17445146.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has highlighted his 'united' Cabinet after sacking Suella Braverman](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17445146.jpg)
![Janet Haugh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17410636.jpg)
![Janet Haugh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17410636.jpg)
![Housing children in hotels violates their human rights says Children’s Commissioner](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9502842.jpg)
![Housing children in hotels violates their human rights says Children’s Commissioner](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9502842.jpg)
![A homeless man in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17167312.jpg)
![A homeless man in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17167312.jpg)
![Rise in rough sleepers in Glasgow and Edinburgh ‘could be sign of worse to come’](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8717405.jpg)
![Rise in rough sleepers in Glasgow and Edinburgh ‘could be sign of worse to come’](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8717405.jpg)
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![A homeless man in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17167312.jpg)
![A homeless man in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17167312.jpg)
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![Action is need to stop a rise in homelessness in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17167312.jpg)
![Action is need to stop a rise in homelessness in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17167312.jpg)
![Holmes man Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17167312.jpg)
![Holmes man Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17167312.jpg)
![Homeless people sleeping on streets of Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8717405.jpg)
![Homeless people sleeping on streets of Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8717405.jpg)
![Bellgrove Hotel is undergoing major new plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16871480.jpg)
![Bellgrove Hotel is undergoing major new plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16871480.jpg)
![Image from Margaret Mitchell's An Ordinary Eden](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16783226.jpg)
![Image from Margaret Mitchell's An Ordinary Eden](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16783226.jpg)
![A new exhibition offers a rare peak into the realities of everyday life for Scotland’s homeless population.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16783194.jpg)
![A new exhibition offers a rare peak into the realities of everyday life for Scotland’s homeless population.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16783194.jpg)
![GPs at the specialist GP practice for the homeless in Glasgow have now been incorporated into the city's Complex Needs Service](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16706832.jpg)
![GPs at the specialist GP practice for the homeless in Glasgow have now been incorporated into the city's Complex Needs Service](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16706832.jpg)
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![Housing under construction in the Gorbals area on October 6, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo Jeff Mitchell/Getty.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12089373.jpg)
![Housing under construction in the Gorbals area on October 6, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo Jeff Mitchell/Getty.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12089373.jpg)
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![The endless snark produced by Rishi Sunak's homeless shelter blunder misses the finer details of the encounter](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16308930.jpg)
![The endless snark produced by Rishi Sunak's homeless shelter blunder misses the finer details of the encounter](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16308930.jpg)
Opinion
![McChuills in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13113905.jpg)
![McChuills in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13113905.jpg)
![“My job though, is not to judge. A complex suite of circumstances, often rooted in trauma and addiction, have brought them to this place in their lives,](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16274597.jpg)
![“My job though, is not to judge. A complex suite of circumstances, often rooted in trauma and addiction, have brought them to this place in their lives,](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16274597.jpg)
Kevin McKenna
![Scots homeless charity reveals how it enticed George Clooney and Harry and Meghan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16250418.jpg)
![Scots homeless charity reveals how it enticed George Clooney and Harry and Meghan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16250418.jpg)
![Glasgow has the fewest rough sleepers of any European city, a charity has announced](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16118943.jpg)
![Glasgow has the fewest rough sleepers of any European city, a charity has announced](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16118943.jpg)
HOMELESSNESS
![A city's shame: One night with Glasgow's hungry and homeless](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16026029.jpg)
![A city's shame: One night with Glasgow's hungry and homeless](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16026029.jpg)
![Screen were damaged by vandals while the staff set up a soup kitchen](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13607422.jpg)
![Screen were damaged by vandals while the staff set up a soup kitchen](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13607422.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon at First Minister's Questions](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13325153.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon at First Minister's Questions](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13325153.jpg)
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