Shelter Scotland News
Comment: Poverty and income inequality statistics for 2015/16
16 March 2017
Alison Watson comments on today’s Poverty and Income Inequality statistics.
Housing Benefit: withdrawing entitlement from 18-21 year olds
3 March 2017
Commenting on the new regulations on the housing element of Universal Credit which exclude many 18-21 year-olds from getting housing benefit with only minor exemptions, Adam Lang, Head of Communications and Policy at Shelter Scotland, said:
Health and fuel poverty projects mapped
7 February 2017
The vital and sometimes life-saving work carried out by dozens of organisations across Scotland that tackle health issues caused by fuel poverty has been mapped in a new report.
Homeless families spend longer in temporary housing
7 February 2017
The increasing time spent in temporary accommodation by homeless families with children in Scotland is now far too long and risks harming their health and wellbeing.
Trip to the doctors could include financial check-up
31 January 2017
People in some of the most deprived areas of Glasgow and Dundee are being offered a new service where an appointment with their doctor could also see them referred to money and debt advisors within the same health-centre.
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