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Ending homelessness in Scotland means doing something different - read our senior policy officer Rhuaraidh Fleming's reflections on Scottish Labour conference crisis.org.uk/about-us/crisi…

The Scottish Parliament is creating new laws that will prevent homelessness, by allowing people to access support before they are in crisis. If the Housing Bill is passed, people will get the help they need earlier & avoid homelessness. How great is that? Like if you agree.

🏠Scottish Government's Housing Bill places a stronger emphasis on preventing homelessness through 'ask and act' duties on social landlords and relevant bodies. ️✍️Amendments to the Bill, developed with help from charities like Crisis Scotland will ensure people get the help they need.

🚨 We're urging MSPs from across the chamber to back the parts of the Bill aimed at preventing homelessness – if enacted properly, these new protections could help Scotland build one of the most progressive homelessness systems in the world🏡

Ellie is a support worker on the frontline of our services. She explains how the Housing Bill will help prevent homelessness. The Bill will allow people to get help earlier and get public services to work together to prevent homelessness. Share & show your support for the Bill.

This week's supporter star is Thomas⭐ Since 2020, 14-year-old Thomas has taken on a running and cycling challenge every year and has raised over £5,000 altogether for people experiencing homelessness. Read more: bit.ly/41QxCW7

🎙️Tune in to the new Scottish Housing News podcast, to hear from our Head of Policy and Communications maeve mcgoldrick on how we've worked to help strengthen the Housing Bill, to prevent homelessness from happening in the first place 🎙️

The second in our Jo & Joan series covers Joan's first meeting with her coach Ed. Ed helped Joan find somewhere to stay & encouraged her to apply for a Crisis Changing Lives grant that allowed her to set up her own business. Watch the full conversation youtu.be/PzccElAtrBg

Today, the Scottish Parliament voted on new homelessness prevention laws in Scotland’s Housing Bill. At Crisis, we’ve helped shape these laws, which will allow people to get help earlier and get public services to work together to prevent homelessness.

For three days, Eva slept on the streets, too scared to close her eyes. After separating from her husband, with no family to turn to, she was forced into homelessness. With support from Crisis, Eva now has a safe, beautiful social home — a place to rebuild her life.

🏠 Scottish Government's Housing Bill places a stronger emphasis on preventing homelessness through 'ask and act' duties on social landlords and relevant bodies. ✍️Amendments to the Bill, developed with help from charities like Crisis Scotland will ensure people get the help they need.

"The homeless prevention plans contained in the Housing Bill hold the potential to turn the housing emergency around, working to stop homelessness before it happens in the first place" heraldscotland.com/opinion/251483… - our head of policy and comms maeve mcgoldrick writes for the Herald

📽️From the Scottish Parliament today📽️ We strongly support plans, contained in the Housing Bill, to allow people at risk of homelessness to get help earlier. These new protections could help us end the housing emergency and build a world-leading homelessness system.

When Abdul's marriage of 23 years ended, he was forced into homelessness. Like most people, he never anticipated this happening and he struggled. We rarely get to show how working with us helps the whole person; how they feel & how important a home is. But Abdul can explain...

We've joined St Mungo's in signing an open letter to the government urging them to rethink cuts to disability and incapacity benefits. These cuts will increase homelessness. They'll make it harder to find and maintain a job, and push people into poverty. bigissue.com/news/social-ju…