Projects that help people who are being made homeless due to debts are to receive £7 million.
The Scottish Legal Aid Board (Slab) is handing out the cash grants.
A total of 17 projects across the country are being helped so far, with some of the funding going directly to indebted people at court who face losing their home.
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