We believe that ‘discretionary’ funding for refuge provision is far too insecure.

Women’s refuges in Scotland could be forced to close because planned changes to housing benefit would leave them with shortfalls of tens of thousands of pounds a year, Scottish Women’s Aid has warned.

Scottish Women’s Aid has “serious concerns” about the impact that the proposed cap on social housing rents at Local Housing Allowance rates will have on refuge accommodation in Scotland, where all refuge accommodation is owned by social landlords.