Rhiannon Sims, Policy and Research Adviser at Oxfam Scotland, marks Scottish Housing Day by calling for housing to be treated not just as an asset but as a human right, ahead of the launch of a documentary on housing inequality this week

HOUSING is more than just an asset: it is a human right. It is something everyone needs, but not everyone has. 

When we’ve asked people in Scotland what matters most to them, access to a secure and affordable home is top of the list. Without it, people’s chances of escaping poverty are massively reduced. 

14,000 children in Scotland are homeless

CommonSpace columnist Hilary Long looks at the shocking revelations of a new report by the Children’s Commissioner for England on temporary accommodation

SQUEEZED in after Boris Johnson’s fantasies about a renegotiated Brexit deal as he gallivants around Europe, a news item about a new report on homeless children caught my attention.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart responds following new findings that show a lack of suitable housing causes “considerable physical and mental harm” to disabled people in Scotland

Living Rent: “Should Glasgow City Council fail to support our friends and neighbours at this critical point, we are prepared to escalate our actions”

Ashley Graczyk, independent councillor for the Sighthill-Gorgie ward in Edinburgh, says that the planning system has clearly not been delivering for local communities for a long time – but government continues to prevaricate on serious reform

Does Glasgow City Council have the resources to fully replace temporary accommodation service cuts with its Housing First programme?

Living Rent call on housing associations to put pressure on Home Office contractors to prevent the evictions

Serco evictions planned for this Friday.

WITH Serco expected to begin the lock change evictions this Friday the 12th July, CommonSpace caught up with Living Rent campaigners to talk about the work being done on the 'No Evictions' Campaign.

Graham O’Neill, Policy Manager at the Scottish Refugee Council, says the campaign in Glasgow against Serco’s planned eviction of hundreds of asylum seekers has a significance way beyond the city – it’s an important defence of the human rights of the most vulnerable people everywhere