Consultation response: draft Children's Services (Scotland) Bill

Shelter welcomes the publication of the draft Children’s Services Bill. From our experience of working with families and children experiencing bad housing and homelessness it is a very necessary piece of legislation. Housing is fundamental to every part of a child’s development. Children need a home to feel safe, keep warm and stay healthy: bad housing and homelessness can have a devastating impact in the short term and have long term consequences for their personal, social and educational development.