Halfway to 2012: delivering on Scotland's homelessness commitments

This report provides a broad overview of how far homelessness services have come in being able to meet this challenging target. It also examines the priorities for the coming years in ensuring that the 2012 target is met, providing Shelter’s views on what the most important factors are and drawing on the opinions of local authority homelessness staff as expressed in a recent Shelter survey.

It is clear that there is still some way to go to ensure that the vision of everyone in Scotland having the right to a home becomes a reality. It is also clear, however, that this goal is achievable. There are a number of interventions and actions identified within this report that can assist local authorities dealing with increased responsibilities to tackle homelessness; to both prevent homelessness and increase housing supply to help meet the 2012 target. These will require the engagement of all those working in housing and homelessness in Scotland across all levels.