MSP Briefing paper - Homelessness and Covid-19

We believe more action must be taken or we risk losing the progress we have made on homelessness – and indeed potentially face a tidal wave of evictions, increased rough sleeping and an overwhelmed homelessness system as we head into the winter months, while the virus remains present in our communities. The evidence we currently have on increasing rent arrears, increasing unemployment, increasing welfare claims and huge uptake of crisis grants clearly indicated the impact of this pandemic, which will continue for many months to come, and it is vital we protect people from losing their homes during this crisis.