 Of these, 41,553 households were accepted by their local authority as homeless or potentially homeless, and 36,440 of those households were assessed as in priority need.The number of households accepted as homeless or potentially homeless has increased by 25 per cent since 2000-2001 according to Shelter.There are various organisations which have been set up in order to combat homelessness and poverty in Scotland such as Glasgow Needy, Glasgow City Misson.