Prince William issues 'stop being scared' demand as he pushes for major change

The Prince is aiming to person ­landlords and businesses that it is not excessively risky to assistance those who person ­been homeless

Prince William is urging landlords to suffer their fearfulness of renting to those who person been homeless.

The Prince of Wales said determination are a “wealth of radical retired determination who privation to help, but don’t cognize how”.

Still sporting a summertime beard, helium met unit astatine Shelter Scotland’s bureau successful Aberdeen to convey them for their enactment successful uncovering section radical accommodation successful the teeth of a housing crisis.

He aims to person ­landlords and businesses that it is not excessively risky to assistance those who person ­been homeless. The Prince came with a ngo of anticipation to empower “those who are homeless to realise their beingness matters.

“When you’re astatine your lowest ebb, you judge radical don’t attraction and there’s obscurity to go...but there’s hope.” The Prince said his Homewards task aims to item hidden homelessness and the ­importance of aboriginal ­intervention to halt radical becoming stateless successful the archetypal place.

He talked to the squad astir services the foundation offers, the size of the country they screen and casework they handle.

David “Div” Gibson, said he’d helium struggled with ­homelessness for much than 20 years, portion experiencing intelligence wellness and addiction issues. He had besides served clip successful prison.

William, known arsenic the Duke of Rothesay successful Scotland, heard Div ­had overcame his issues, ­volunteered for Shelter Scotland and present works for the foundation arsenic a lodging rights worker.

Shelter Scotland’s caput of ­communities Dan Fyffe-Jardin said it was “fantastic” to spot William ­congratulate staff.

He said the fig of children “trapped” successful impermanent accommodation had doubled successful a year, adding: “Our unit are superheroes.” Mr Fyffe-Jardin said Shelter besides wants region the stigma astir homelessness: “To alteration hearts and minds astir our breached and biased lodging system, we request to alteration mindsets.

“When you perceive from idiosyncratic similar Div you recognise that stateless radical are not broken, they’re victims of a ­broken system.”

The foundation is simply a subordinate of the ­Aberdeen conjugation of William’s ­Homewards project, which aims to extremity homelessness.

The Prince aboriginal attended a ­reception with ­Homewards advocates, broadcaster Gail Porter and Street Soccer Scotland laminitis David Duke.