More social housing for larger families needs to be built if targets to tackle child poverty are to be met.
At a meeting at the SNP conference, it was stated that there are not enough larger homes for big families and suggested that empty homes could be converted to create homes with more bedrooms.Sally Tomas of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations said: “With one in four children living in poverty we have to look at all the levers we can.
She said between 10,000 and 10,000 children were kept out of poverty because they were in social housing and not in the private rented sector. He said it is quicker to convert existing empty properties whereas it takes a long time to build new homes.
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