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?
39 children become homeless every day in Scotland
10,480 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 30 September 2025) and Scottish Household Survey 2024, published February 2026.
New MSPs must act on the housing emergency
Across Scotland, rents are unaffordable and families are trapped in temporary homeless accommodation.
We have new MSPs and the same housing emergency.
We must make sure these MSPs hear our message loud and clear: build more social homes, end the housing emergency.
Find out why your MSPs must take action
