Summary details of legislation passed at Holyrood setting out the rights of homeless people in Scotland.
The RSI was launched in 1997 to reduce levels of rough sleeping in Scotland.
Expansion of the categories of priority need to ensure that more people than before have the right to permanent accommodation.
Duty on councils to ensure the provision of housing and homelessness advice and assistance to all people free of charge in their areas.
Guidance and best practice for council staff.
On 4 September 2006 Communities Minister Malcolm Chisholm announced that investment from the Government's Innovation Fund for preventing homelessness is to be allocated to eight new projects developed by Local Authorities and their partners.
We are currently evaluating the 8 projects to identify what practice works in the prevention of homelessness. The interim good practice guidance sets out some of the early lessons from the projects and shares emerging findings about how to evaluate homelessness prevention.
You can view the Interim Good Practice Guidance here
The symposium was held to discuss the future of housing advice services for prisoners, and in particular how these services could be put on a more strategic and permanent footing.
This order came into force in December 2004. This report presents the results of a pilot study into the impact of the Order.