Hundreds of people fear their homelessness nightmare “will never come to an end” in Dumfries and Galloway, it has been claimed.
Currently around 250 homeless households are stuck in temporary accommodation, while 1,060 households are currently living in conditions “below tolerable standards”.Meanwhile, the number of open homeless applications on the council’s books, as of March this year, stood at 544 – an increase of 109 per cent compared to the previous year.
“There are many people who fear homelessness – or fear their homelessness will never come to an end. To add to the misery of every single person living in these conditions, the affordable home supply programme was cut by 22 per cent in this area. “That’s totally unacceptable – as it was many years ago with Shelter who frowned on bed and breakfast being used because there are no facilities in them for homeless people.