Tell your new MSPs to take action on the housing emergency

We've produced an interactive map showing levels of homelessness across Scotland.

This is the reality of the housing emergency where you live.

It's time to remind your new MSPs to take action to fix it.

See our map of homelessness

Supported by our corporate partner IKEA, we have created an interactive map of homelessness, to show the scale of the housing emergency in Scotland.

Click on the buttons below to see 3 maps showing local authority data for:

the total number of households who are homeless
the number of households in temporary accommodation (TA)
the number of children in temporary accommodation (TA)

Local authority maps showing data for households in temporary accommodation, children in temporary accommodation, and households applying as homeless, to September 2025 for all Scottish local authorities

Tell your new MSPs to act on the housing emergency

Our new MSPs need to understand exactly what this emergency looks like in their area, and they need to hear it directly from the people who live there.

It's time to show newly elected MSPs the reality of the housing emergency locally.

Together, we can make sure Scotland’s new MSPs hear this message loud and clear: build more social homes, end the housing emergency.

Demand action today.

Email your MSPs

IKEA and Shelter Scotland have a long-term partnership to deliver meaningful change to address the housing emergency in Scotland, calling on the Scottish Government to invest in enough social housing to reduce housing need over the course of the next parliamentary term. Because we share the belief that home is everything.