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NEWS RELEASE 28th January 2004
Homelessness Monitoring Group report launch:
Communities Minister Margaret Curran will today accept the first report of the Homelessness Monitoring Group which was set up to oversee the implementation of the Homelessness Task Force report.
SCSH Director, Robert Aldridge, who is a member of the Monitoring Group welcomed the first annual report as ‘a considerable step in the right direction’, but claimed more homes were needed if the Executive is to meet its target by 2012.
SCSH Director Robert Aldridge said: "The report shows a massive amount of work has been done at local and national level by a wide range of agencies. They have set in motion the radical improvements to how we treat homeless people. It represents a considerable step forward in a very short period of time.
He added: "The crucial questions are whether we will have enough affordable houses of the right quality to meet the 2012 deadline, and whether we have the range of support needed to prevent homelessness and tackle it effectively.
That is why I welcome the priorities for the Monitoring Group for the coming year and trust that when the numbers of additional houses we need is quantified the Scottish Executive will respond to meet that need."
See also Scottish Executive website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2004/01/SEc389.aspx
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