1. Homelessness
Scottish perspective
Robert Aldridge

2. Homelessness since 1999….in a slide!
Scottish Parliament
2002
Agreed 10 year plan
2003 Commitment to end homelessness
Health & Homelessness
2012
Housing Options
2012 -?
Welfare Changes & implications

3. 你想要什么？
Nǐ xiǎng yào shénme?
What do you want ? ?

4. Stakeholders Minister 3 NGOs Social Work Health Academic
Street Newspaper
Elected Councillor
Academic
Social Landlord
Municipality Housing
Welfare
Housing Ministry

5. Do you fit the criteria? How can we help you? Change of culture
Past Present

6. Hurdles
homeless
Homeless
Priority need
Intentional

7. In Scotland what worked well
The process
all stakeholders on board
Co-operative and solution based
Political backing
No ‘fudging’ of issues
Timescale:
realistic but challenging: 10 years– and 2012 written in the legislation!
Parallel Health and Homelessness activity
(though not sustained consistently)

8. The Figures

9. What worked well Municipalities ‘drivers’ of change until 2012
A partnership in monitoring
change in culture from rationing to enabling
The law – few challenges
Social housing providers– though inconsistent

10. What worked well Continuing development ‘Housing options’
new Right to Housing Support
Private Renting reform
Continuing interest by the Minister

11. What didn’t work so well
Conflict between rights at point of crisis and prevention/ sustainability
Alcohol and Drugs partnerships not fully integrated
Law still not fully implemented!
Time in temporary accommodation
Health: new interest but sporadic (danger of medicalising homelessness versus structural

12. Not so well -2- Social work involvement Young care leavers
‘Multiple exclusion’ homelessness
Gender issues : co-ordination violence against women and homelessness sectors

13. Next steps needed Define ‘ending homelessness’
Rethink temporary accommodation
Structural issues: houses, support, money, housing allocations
Leaving institutions
Recurring homelessness; chronic homelessness; one-off homelessness; gender
Cross cutting approaches
Stable funding for preventative support