The Scottish Government strongly supports Housing First and continues to support Housing First delivery across Scotland through funding for rapid rehousing and transition plans. By the end of March 2027, we will have allocated £84.5 million to local authorities for rapid rehousing and Housing First since 2018.The Scottish Government’s housing emergency action plan demonstrated our ongoing commitment to improving housing options for people with multiple and complex needs by including investment of £3 million capital and £1 million resource for the expansion of Housing First in 2025-26.As of 31 March 2025, Housing First programmes were operating across 26 local authorities.Housing First Monitoring will become a statutory requirement under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025, ensuring transparency, consistency and evidence based improvement.