HOUSING

Homelessness needs proper investment and commitment

Shelter Scotland has launched legal action against Glasgow City Council, claiming that it needs more temporary beds for those presenting as homeless. Heather Jameson argues it needs far fewer and that people should be helped into permanent homes.

Today is World Homelessness Day, an annual event where charity workers and housing professionals around the world to raise awareness of homelessness. It is a day to act locally on a global issue. 
 

In Britain in 2019, the rising tide of homelessness is a national disgrace. Twenty years after Dame Louise Casey's Rough Sleepers unit set out to tackle street homelessness, we are back to square one. 

Heather Jameson

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