Here's what new tenants said about Housing First in Scotland. A wee 🧵 in awe of people 💪🏽 🗨️ "She [support worker] can walk with me as long as I want and I've got someone to turn to when I'm frustrated … I feel like I've got someone there for me, someone cares." (Housing First tenant, Edinburgh)

📑 NEW. The first independent evaluation finds that Scotland's #HousingFirst Pathfinder has been highly effective at supporting people with multiple and complex needs to sustain their tenancies. @ScotHousingNews scottishhousingnews.com/article/opinio… Some tenants described the effects on their lives as transformational. They explained that the relationality, stickability, flexibility and longevity of Housing First support set it apart from other services they had used in the past.

Over 200 people joined us for our annual conference in June, considering what we need to do to get Scotland's transition to #HousingFirst right. So what did people tell us? Well ... #HousingFirst needs houses and the Scottish Government is critical in making sure our national plans to build more homes are directly informed by #rapidrehousing. And locally, more homes need to be allocated to homeless households, particularly those with multiple needs