Use your voice to end the housing emergency
Shelter Scotland exists to defend the right to a safe home.
Join our campaign to fight for home and end the devastating impact the housing emergency has on our communities.
Together, we stand with people facing homelessness, we expose our broken system, and defend those hit hardest by the housing emergency.
Ready to join our movement?
What is Scotland's housing emergency?
40 children become homeless every day in Scotland
10,715 children are trapped in temporary accommodation
125,000 households are stuck on waiting lists for a social home
*Source: Scottish Government (Homelessness in Scotland: update to 31 March 2026) and Scottish Household Survey 2024, published February 2026.
Child homelessness in Scotland
There are 10,715 children trapped in temporary homeless accommodation in Scotland.
They can spend more than 400 days in temporary accommodation before getting a permanent home.
That's more than an entire year of their childhood stuck in a place many miles away from friends and family.
No childhood should be lost to homelessness.
Find out more about child homelessness in Scotland
