Report on Homelessness

PDF Published: Monday 12 Feb 2018 (LGCS52018R6)

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- Foreword
- Change of membership
- Introduction
- Policy background
- The causes of homelessness
  - Care-experienced people
  - Impact of welfare reform
- Preventing homelessness and the "Housing Options" approach
  - Gatekeeping
  - Accessing information on Housing Options
  - Extending Housing Options
  - Data Collection and Monitoring
- Tackling homelessness
  - Awareness of rights
  - Accommodation for homeless people
    
    Temporary accommodation
    
    Access to temporary accommodation
    
    Length of stay in, quality and costs of temporary accommodation
    
    Possible Solutions
    
    Code of Guidance
    
    The use of shelters for rough sleepers
    
    The number of rough sleepers
- Future homelessness service options
  - Multiple and complex needs
    
    Housing First pilots in Scotland
    
    Learning from Finland
    
    A Scottish model of Housing First
  - Multi-agency working
- Annex A - Extracts from the Minutes of Committee Meetings and Links to Oral Evidence
- Annex B – Written Evidence submitted to the Committee
Sources

Image: Committee members meeting with service users and staff at Streetwork in Edinburgh

Image: Convener Bob Doris meeting a service user at the Simon Community in Glasgow

Image: Committee members meeting with staff at Churches Action for the Homeless (CATH) in Perth.

Image: Committee member Andy Wightman meeting service users of CATH’s Outreach and Floating Support teams in rural locations in Perthshire.

Image: The Committee meeting with people who have experienced homelessness.

Image: Committee members meeting with representatives from the Ministry for Environment, Finland.

Image: Scottish historical homelessness data from 1992-1993 until 2016-17.

Image: Saffron Rohan speaking to members of the Committee.

Image: Emma Pearce sharing her story with the Committee.

Image: Simone Smith speaking to the Committee about her homelessness experience.

Image: Thomas Lyon speaking to the Committee about his homelessness experience.

Image: Table showing historical data on the use of temporary accommodation in Scotland between 1995 and 2017.

Image: Rhys Campbell speaking to the Committee about his experience of homelessness.

Image: Julie McCallagh shares her experience of homelessness with the Committee.

Image: Staircase vs Housing First Model

Image: Committee members meeting with Mayor Vapaavuori, who was the former Housing Minister for Finland.

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Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Jules Oldham (Homeless Action Scotland), contrib. 123, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026821

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Local Government and Communities Committee 08 March 2017, Tony Cain (Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers), contrib. 8, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10834&c=1982036

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Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Thomas Lyon, contrib. 238, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023303

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Paul Brown (Legal Services Agency), contrib. 123, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032563

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Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Adam Burley (The Access Point), contrib. 6, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032446

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Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Saffron Rohan, contrib. 203, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023268

Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Emma Pearce, contrib. 247, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023312

Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Emma Pearce, contrib. 276, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023341

Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Simone Smith, contrib. 195, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023260

Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Simone Smith, contrib. 213, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023278

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Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Saffron Rohan, contrib. 278, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023343

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 149, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026847

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 18, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032458

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Bridget Curran, contrib. 147, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026845

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Patrick McKay, contrib. 19, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032459

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 31, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035759

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Nicky Brown, contrib. 164, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032604

Local Government and Communities Committee 08 March 2017, Mark Kennedy (Cyrenians), contrib. 12, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10834&c=1982040

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 153, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026851

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Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Paul Brown, contrib. 168, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032608

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Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 33, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035761

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Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 166, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026864

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Bridget Curran, contrib. 172, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026870

Local Government and Communities Committee 08 March 2017, Adam Lang, contrib. 25, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10834&c=1982053

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Jules Oldham, contrib. 169, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026867

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Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Bridget Curran, contrib. 180, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026878

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 45, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035773

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Dr Hamlet, contrib. 170, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026868

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Nicola Dickie (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities), contrib. 13, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032453

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 176, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026874

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 78, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035806

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Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 12, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032452

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Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 72, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035800

Local Government and Communities Committee 15 November 2017, Michael Cameron, contrib. 118, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11204&c=2040601

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Local Government and Communities Committee 08 March 2017, Tony Cain, contrib. 104, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10834&c=1982132

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Paul Brown, contrib. 158, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032598

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 30, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032470

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Nicky Brown, contrib. 154, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032594

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 139, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026837

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Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Saffron Rohan, contrib. 208, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023273

Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Rhys Campbell, contrib. 215, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023280

Local Government and Communities Committee 22 March 2017, Beth Reid, contrib. 64, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10865&c=1986973

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Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 26, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032466

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Jules Oldham, contrib. 143, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026841

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 144, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026842

Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Julie McCallagh, contrib. 230, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023295

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Nicola Dickie, contrib. 46, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032486

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 70, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035798

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Paul Brown, contrib. 186, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032626

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Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Paul Brown, contrib. 161, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032601

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 76, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035804

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Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Jules Oldham, contrib. 202, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026900

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Jules Oldham, contrib. 200, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026898

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 111, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032551

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 113, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032553

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 115, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032555

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 116, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032556

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Councillor Parry, contrib. 118, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032558

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 20, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035748

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Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 206, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026904

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 105, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032545

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 107, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032547

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Nicky Brown, contrib. 177, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032617

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Jamie Stewart, contrib. 179, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032619

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Paul Brown, contrib. 181, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032621

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 22, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035750

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 26, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035754

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath (Simon Community Scotland), contrib. 5, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032445

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 57, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032497

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Patrick McKay, contrib. 33, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032473

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Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Patrick McKay, contrib. 69, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032509

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Patrick McKay, contrib. 71, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032511

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Patrick McKay, contrib. 73, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032513

Local Government and Communities Committee 20 September 2017, Thomas Lyon, contrib. 260, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11097&c=2023325

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Ministry of the Environment, Finland. (2017, October). Strategies to Reduce Homelessness in Finland. Retrieved from http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/PeterKevat2017Presentation.pdf

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Jules Oldham, contrib. 184, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026882

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 186, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026884

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 75, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032515

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 78, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032518

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Patrick McKay, contrib. 80, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032520

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Patrick McKay, contrib. 85, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032525

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 86, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032526

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Nicola Dickie, contrib. 88, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032528

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 50, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035778

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 63, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035791

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Councillor Parry, contrib. 53, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032493

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Bridget Curran, contrib. 129, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026827

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Lorraine McGrath, contrib. 52, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032492

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Fiona King, contrib. 128, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026826

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Jules Oldham, contrib. 127, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026825

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Dr Burley, contrib. 31, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032471

Local Government and Communities Committee 27 September 2017, Dr Neil Hamlet (NHS Health Scotland), contrib. 124, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11118&c=2026822

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Joe Connolly, contrib. 144, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032584

Local Government and Communities Committee 25 October 2017, Joe Connolly, contrib. 146, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11152&c=2032586

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 7, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035735

Local Government and Communities Committee 01 November 2017, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 9, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11173&c=2035737

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