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Glasgow homeless crisis must be fixed fast as it's being used by far-right Nigel Farage
Homelessness
"It is vital that a solution can be found...Otherwise the issue will continue to be seized upon by far-right figures like Nigel Farage."
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Hundreds of homeless applications recorded in Renfrewshire in first four months of financial year
Homelessness
A total of 419 were submitted from April to July – representing 22 per cent increase on same period last year.
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People Make Glasgow tower refurb sparks row over need for affordable homes during city housing crisis
Homelessness
EXCLUSIVE: Shelter warned the housing emergency in Scotland's largest city was getting worse due to a chronic lack of affordable accomodation.
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Two women die within hours at homeless shelter in Dundee
Homelessness
Both families have been made aware.
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Scots schoolgirl who designed solar-powered blanket for homeless people honoured in Time Magazine
Homelessness
Rebecca Young features in the magazine's first-ever Girls of the Year list.
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Homeless charity slam TikTok food blogger for insensitive shelter meal review
Homelessness
Homeless Project Scotland has criticised Glasgow TikToker Tracy Cahill for treating services for the homeless as "backdrops for online content".
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Mum and son forced into hotel living on Pot Noodles after losing home
Homelessness
Paul Maddocks, 43, and his 73-year-old mum Susan Weatherman were made homeless in July and have been living in a Travelodge since.
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Family with baby 'left to sleep on street' due to Glasgow council phone outage
Homelessness
Homeless Project Scotland believes if they had not been there, then the woman would have been "forced to walk the streets of Glasgow all night" with her young children.
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Holyrood candidate made homeless as teen demands Scotland's housing emergency is made 'priority'
Homelessness
EXCLUSIVE: Paul McGarry spent time in care as a youth and later found himself living in temporary accommodation - a situation now faced by 10,000 children in Scotland.
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Cruel vandal smashes poverty charity's van in targeted 'hammer' attack
Glasgow
The Halliday Foundation said they were left 'saddened and frustrated' by the incident.
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Young Scots are rightly furious at a housing emergency that proves the system is against them
Housing
How we fix the country's housing crisis must be a central issue at next year's Holyrood election campaign, says Record deputy political editor Chris McCall.
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SNP 'dithering' on Scotland's housing emergency as crisis becomes 'intolerable'
Housing
EXCLUSIVE: Labour warned the Nationalists' response to the housing crisis will be remembered as "one of this Government’s defining failures".
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Wife of crime boss 'Hotdog' will be forced to live in tent as illegal scrap yard shut down
Homelessness
Mary Smith, 48, said she will be forced to move out of her eight-bedroom house and live in a tent after an eviction order was granted.
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Dad of tragic Scots boy in government help call after selling home amid treatment nightmare
Children
Jamie Tierney, whose son is terminally ill, has sold the family home.
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Star Project in Paisley call on MPs to stop "horrendous" cuts to welfare state
Cost Of Living
A team from the charity marched on Westminster in a bid to make their voices heard.
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Scots charity that tackles homelessness in Ayrshire marks 50th anniversary with Civic Reception
Ayrshire News
The event brought together staff and supported people from across the country, including those from Ayrshire.
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John Swinney challenged to fix Scotland's housing emergency as Holyrood handed billions in funding
Housing
SNP ministers have been urged to launch a "housing revolution" to end the rise in homelessness in recent years.
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Hannah Almond breaks silence after Brit tourist saved from homelessness in Peru
Holidays
Hannah Almond, 32, wrapped her arms around her pal "Matti" after he discovered her sleeping rough on the streets of Cusco in the South American nation.
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SNP Government has 'no plan' to end Scotland's housing emergency as spending on affordable homes drops
Housing
A leading housing charity blasted John Swinney's Government and said it was time for ministers to be "frank" with the public.
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More than 1,000 homeless applications recorded in Renfrewshire for second year running
Homelessness
Recovery from Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis are thought to be behind increase in recent years.
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Killer jailed for life over 'ferocious' murder on homeless man in park
Courts
Joshua Carroll left Headley Thomas with serious head injuries, which he later died from.
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Scotland being held back by chronic shortage of housing with calls for 25,000 new builds a year
Housing
A new report is calling for the SNP Government to commit to a new national target of building 25,000 new homes per year.
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Health bosses slammed on closure of homeless GP service
Homelessness
Glasgow HSCP shut down GP service with 167 vulnerable patients, without proper regard for their future
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Scotland's housing emergency blamed on SNP 'incompetence' as number of new builds drops again
Homelessness
The lack of affordable housing has led to more Scots declaring themselves homeless, while reports of rough sleeping in Edinburgh and Glasgow are increasing.
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