The Scottish executive has launched a nation-wide consultation on a series of proposals designed to improve the support for homeless people.
The executive is consulting on the 59 recommendations of the homelessness taskforce published in February.
Of the main recommendations, all of which were accepted by the executive, is the redefining of what is deemed to be intentional homelessness, the ability for homeless people to qualify for housing in a variety of councils and abolishing the concept of priority need to replace it with an equal right for assistance for every homeless person.
Following the consultation process those aspects supported will be contained within a Homelessness Bill to be introduced later this year.
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