🕐 Lunch time never tasted so good. 🥪 5% from every item sold from the M&S Christmas Food on the Move range is donated to us, helping ensure we can continue supporting families across Scotland that are impacted by the #HousingEmergency. Enjoy your break while helping someone else catch theirs.

📈 Scotland needs at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next 5 years to stop homelessness from rising. #HousingEmergency 📉 And yet, only 4,841 were built in the 2024 calendar year. 👇 Add your name and together, we can build Scotland. shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

Communications Manager @shelterscotland.bsky.social - translate their bold strategy into compelling narratives that provoke action, shape public conversation, & make the housing emergency impossible to ignore. 🕔Full time 💵£43,338 📌Edinburgh tinyurl.com/3m5452y4 #Comms #Manager #Hybrid

Every 15 minutes a family in Scotland loses their home. #HousingEmergency 🏠 Why? Decades of under-investment in social housing has created a shortage of truly affordable homes. ✨ The solution? Build more social homes. Now. Help us make our politicians take notice 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

We've got your Christmas gifting essentials all wrapped up 👇 💌 Cards 🎁 Wrapping Paper 🎉 Crackers 💻 eCards Wrap your presents while helping to end the #HousingEmergency. That’s a festive win-win. 🎄 Shop now 🛍️ shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting

📣 Calling all art lovers. An extremely generous customer has donated a collection of original artwork from renowned local artist, Stephen French, to our shop in Dundee. Each piece has been personally valued & priced by Stephen to help support the fight against the local #HousingEmergency. 1️⃣ of 2️⃣

💸 Rent too high? 📉 Wish mortgage rates were lower? 🔑 No place to call home? 💡 The Gran Squad has the solution: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. Stand with the Grans and tell our party leaders they've got work to do. #HousingEmergency ✍️ shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

Shelter: Debates around refugees and homelessness have turned toxic, and people are paying the price @shelterscotland.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68797

Debates around refugees and homelessness have turned toxic, and people are paying the price. We’re calling on ministers to protect rights, lead with compassion, and work with those on the frontline to find real solutions. #HousingEmergency 📢 Read our joint open letter 🔗 shelterscotland.org/OLRH

❌ 10,180 = The number of children in Scotland without a permanent home. ✔️ 0 = The number of homeless children if the Scottish Government commits to building at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next five years. 🫵 You can help end the #HousingEmergency. 👉 shelterscotland.org/ActCH

The Gran Squad's 'Granifesto' is simple: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. 🔨 Meanwhile, party leaders are drafting their manifesto's right now. Tell them Scotland can't wait any longer for the social homes we need. #HousingEmergency Get them told! 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

⏳ 28 years. That’s how long it will take, at the Scottish Government’s current rate of housebuilding, to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland from 10,180 to 0. #HousingEmergency Add your name if you agree this is far too long. ✍️ shelterscotland.org/ActCH

🏠 Every 15 minutes a household in Scotland loses their home. No family should face homelessness alone this Christmas. With your support, we can fight the devastating impact the #HousingEmergency is having on families across Scotland. 💝 Donate today shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS

Your gran remembers when Scotland built the social housing our country needed, and we can do it again. 💪 Together, let's build a fairer Scotland that works for everybody. Add your name and show your gran we've still got what it takes. #HousingEmergency 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

✨ Build hope. 🌱 Build opportunity. 🏡 Build social homes. ❤️ Build Scotland. Email Scotland's party leaders now and demand the social housing our country needs. Together we can build a Scotland where every household can thrive. #HousingEmergency 🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

There's 10,180 children trapped in temporary accommodation in Scotland, with their safety, health, education and future development being compromised. #HousingEmergency This is NOT normal and with your help we can ensure it never becomes "normal". shelterscotland.org/ActCH

To tackle the #HousingEmergency, Scotland needs at least 15,693 social homes every year for the next 5 years, delivered at the heart of vibrant, accessible communities and in areas of the greatest need. 👇 Add your name to help build Scotland 🔗 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

Thousands marched through Edinburgh on Saturday to demand better. Better homes. Better services. Better futures. Let’s keep the pressure on. Email your MP or MSP and demand action for a Scotland where every household can thrive. #ScotlandDemandsBetter 🔗 shelterscotland.org/SDB

From banners to chants, one message rings clear today: Scotland demands better. 🏡 Better homes. 🛡️ Better services. 🔮 Better futures. Everyone deserves the dignity and security of a safe and affordable home. #HousingEmergency #ScotlandDemandsBetter

Wow, what a turn out! We're at the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march, joined by thousands of other marchers, supporters and organisations to demand better. Better homes. Better services. Better futures. #HousingEmergency

Over 10,000 children stuck in temporary accommodation & 99,000 households on waiting lists for social housing: Scotland deserves better.Today, Scotland’s Demands Better. A Scotland where everyone has a safe, secure home

www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/sys... Our housing system is broken. Radical and urgent action is required to ensure our local authorities can meet their statutory housing duties & enough social homes are built to stop homelessness rising

More social homes = less pressure on private rents. That’s how we bring fairness back to Scotland’s housing system. #HousingEmergency #BuildScotland Help make it happen. Sign up now. 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

🏠💸 All social homes are affordable homes, but not all affordable homes are social homes. Katie explains the difference and why we desperately need more social homes - not just “affordable” ones. #HousingEmergency Email our party leaders & demand more social homes 🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

The #ScotlandDemandsBetter march is our chance to unite and demand real change, like building the social housing Scotland needs to end the #HousingEmergency 🏘️ Join us and thousands of others in Edinburgh this Saturday from 10am to demand better. ✊ Full timings & details 👉 shelterscotland.org/SDB25

🏚️ When does temporary accommodation not feel so "temporary"? 💔 It's when homeless families in Scotland spend 386 days (on average) trapped in a place that will never feel like a home. #HousingEmergency Add your name if you agree Scotland needs more social housing. 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

Scotland needs at least 15,693 social homes each year for the next five years to stop homelessness rising, but current plans only account for 8,000 "affordable" homes in 2025-26. Email Scotland's party leaders and demand an end to our #HousingEmergency. 🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

🛑 Our helpline is currently down but our live chat remains operational. For anyone trying to contact us, we apologise for the inconvenience and will update this post once the issue has been resolved. As always, digital advice can be accessed 24/7 on our website 👇 🔗 shelterscotland.org/advice

⏳ Last chance to shop the Shelter Scotland × AllSaints 2025 collab. Ending Sunday. Find unique, repaired and customised fashion in our Glasgow Botanics and Edinburgh Morningside shops. Every purchase will help towards ending the #HousingEmergency.

Gran’s right. We cannae fix Scotland without bricks and mortar. 🧱 #HousingEmergency ✍️ Tell our party leaders and demand they get building. 🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

The Gran Squad has entered the chat. 📱💥 Want to fix the economy? Build Scotland. Build Hope. Build Social Homes. Help make Scotland's politicians take our Grans' advice 👇 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding #HousingEmergency #BuildScotland

Too many households are cut off from life’s essentials, including a safe and secure home. That’s why we’re supporting @povertyalliance.org's #ScotlandDemandsBetter march on 25 Oct in Edinburgh. Join us and demand action to end Scotland’s #HousingEmergency. 🏠 scotland-demands-better.com

The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) freeze is forcing many renters into poverty & homelessness. That's why we're joining 40+ charities & other orgs to call on the UK Gov't to unfreeze LHA at the upcoming budget. #UnfreezeLHA #HousingEmergency Read the open letter here 👇 shelterscotland.org/LHA-OL

A PACKED Fringe event with only standing space left, as Shelter Scotland, @cihhousing.bsky.social, @sfha.bsky.social, and the Housing Secretary discussed how to tackle the #HousingEmergency that continues to devastate families across Scotland

🌟 Our Shelter Scotland × AllSaints collab is now live in our Glasgow Botanics & Edinburgh Morningside shops. You'll find special stock donated to us by AllSaints alongside some of our best hand-picked items. 🛍️ Pop in this weekend and share your best finds by tagging us into your post/photo.

Fuel poverty, overcrowding, and ageing homes are driving damp and mould across Scotland. Tenants are doing their best in impossible conditions but are being blamed for causing something they can't control. The system must change! #WorldHomelessDay #HousingEmergency 🔗 shelterscotland.org/MouldBlame

🏠 Do you live in Dundee? We want to hear your experiences and ideas to help shape the city’s first community-led Housing Emergency Action Plan (HEAP). ✍️ Tell us before Friday 31 October to bring us one step closer to ending Dundee’s #HousingEmergency for good. 🔗 shelterscotland.org/DundeeHEAPForm

🎤 Davy & Iona from our North Community team answer the question: "What would a better Scotland look like?" Building more social homes has the power to positively impact all levels of Scottish society, particularly on issues like child poverty. #ChallengePoverty #WeDemandBetter #HousingEmergency

The Gran Squad is just off the phone with an urgent message 👇 👩‍🦳💬 "We need to build Scotland. We need to build social homes. Less promises. More bricks." Email Scotland’s party leaders today and tell them to get building 🔨 #HousingEmergency 🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

The Gran Squad are on a mission and one of the Grans has an important message they want to share. #HousingEmergency 👩‍🦳💬 "Tell those bl**dy politicians to start building social homes" Listen to yer Gran. Get them telt 👇 🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders

👀 AllSaints X Shelter Scotland. It's the collab you've been waiting for! 10-19 Oct, our Edinburgh Morningside & Glasgow Botanics shops will be stocked with items donated by AllSaints alongside the very best of our other preloved stock. 👢 Style up & support the fight against the #HousingEmergency.

🚨 68% of adults in Scotland think politicians should do more to tackle the issue of housing. Our delivery plan sets out a path for the next Scottish Gov't: build at least 15,693 new social homes a year, uphold rights, end housing inequality, +more. #HousingEmergency. 👉 shelterscotland.org/Plan26

📣 Less promises and more bricks! 🧱 #BuildScotland Will you stand with the Gran Squad and tell Scotland's politicians to deliver the 15,693 new social homes needed each year of the next parliament to end the #HousingEmergency? Tell them now 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding

📰 The Scottish Government’s latest stats expose the reality: not enough social homes are being built. ➡️ 488 approvals (⬇️ 19%) ➡️ 811 starts (⬇️ 12%) ➡️ 973 completions (⬇️ 29%) The #HousingEmergency can only be ended by delivering MORE social homes, not less! 🤯

🚨 10,180 children in Scotland are living in temporary accommodation. At the current rate of progress, it’ll take over 28 years to reduce that number to 0. #HousingEmergency If you agree that's 10,180 children too many & 28 years too long, add your name to our register. 🆘 shelterscotland.org/ActCH

🛑 Our helpline and live chat service will be closed on Monday 29 September and will resume 9am on Tuesday 30 September. Digital advice is available 24/7 on our website 👇 🔗 shelterscotland.org/advice

🗣️ "Business as usual is NOT a solution to a systemic issue" Dan Fyffe-Jardine, Assistant Director (Communities and Services) talking to @thatstvofficial.bsky.social about the #HousingEmergency and the urgent need to prioritise delivering the homes Scotland needs.

🚨 New stats from the Scottish Gov't shows 16,485 households were illegally denied temporary accommodation they were entitled to - a practice known as gatekeeping. #HousingEmergency It's more than double from the year before Tell Scotland’s leaders: it’s time to act 🕒 shelterscotland.org/ActLeaders

Scotland needs 15,693 affordable homes each year in the next Parliament, with over half needed in the east. Failing to deliver these homes will risk locking us into a persistent #HousingEmergency that will continue to impact thousands of households. Full research 👉 shelterscotland.org/East-Sep25

Scotland's persistent #HousingEmergency means 10,180 children are trapped in temporary accommodation, without a permanent and secure place to call home. 💡 Know what would fix it? 🏠 Delivering the social homes Scotland needs.