Shelter Scotland submission to the Equal Opportunities Committee follow up inquiry - having and keeping a home

Shelter Scotland welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Equal Opportunity committee’s ‘Having a Home and Keeping a Home’ follow-up inquiry having submitted written and oral evidence in 2012. In this report we have drawn on a discussion with young service users who have been supported by our safe and sound project in Dundee.

Key Points:

The Regulator's recommendations for new national guidance for Housing Options should be adopted by the Scottish Government.

Appropriate support and mediation services should be made available to all young people to help prevent homelessness.

Minimum temporary accommodation standards should be produced by the Scottish Government and partners to ensure temporary accommodation is a stepping stone out of homelessness.