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World Homeless Day

  • Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Motion reference: S6M-06180
  • Current status: Achieved cross-party support

That the Parliament welcomes World Homeless Day, on 10 October 2022, and considers that dignified and adequate housing is a human right; recognises reports that, in 2021, there were over 28,000 homeless households in Scotland and that a third of those included children; believes that the current cost of living crisis poses a greater pressure on households and an increasing demand on support services and expertise than ever before; appreciates the work that the homeless charity, Cyrenians, carries out all-year-round to tackle both the causes and consequences of homelessness; notes that Cyrenians works with and listens to the voices of people with lived experience to enable the work that it undertakes to be as progressive as possible; supports efforts by Cyrenians and other charities working in Scotland's local communities to provide essential support for those facing crisis as well as carrying out work to prevent people from reaching crisis; understands that Cyrenians hopes that, on this World Homeless Day, people of all backgrounds and communities consider supporting work to eliminate homelessness in their local community, and notes calls for everyone to support efforts to invest in homelessness prevention work, towards a day where this event becomes "World Homeless Prevention Day", placing homelessness as a thing of the past.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Foysol Choudhury, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Graeme Dey, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Pam Gosal, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Fulton MacGregor, Gillian Mackay, Paul McLennan, Stuart McMillan, Paul O'Kane, Emma Roddick, Mark Ruskell, Colin Smyth, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Tess White, Martin Whitfield