Almost 10,000 Scottish children are in temporary accommodation, a record high figure that campaigners said proved ministers have “deprioritised” the fight against homelessness
There was also a 6 per cent year-on-year rise in the number of people applying for homelessness support who said they had slept rough the previous night, from 692 to 733.
The Scottish Government admitted on Tuesday that the figures were “unacceptable and concerning”, but housing campaigners accused them of a lack of action on the issue. , said the system in Scotland was “bursting at the seams” and that the number of children in temporary accommodation “should shame us all”.“The number of households, and particularly children, in temporary accommodation in some council areas is too high and we are firmly committed to reducing it.
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