Shelter Scotland’s response to the Welfare Reform Committee’s call for written evidence on the future delivery of social security in Scotland

Shelter Scotland welcomes the Welfare Reform Committee’s call for written evidence on the future delivery of social security in Scotland. We have focused our comments on the aspects of the new social security powers which relate to housing – powers over Universal Credit (housing element and administrative arrangements arrangements) and Discretionary Housing Payments – as these have the potential to have the biggest impact upon people in Scotland who are homeless or badly housed.



For Shelter Scotland the key test of any future powers over social security is how these are used to address poverty and inequality generally, and poor housing and homelessness specifically.