McMillan Welcomes Drop in Homeless Figures as Housing Charity Praises Scottish Government

Stuart McMillan MSP (SNP – West of Scotland) has welcomed statistics released that show a drop in homeless figures in Scotland.

Official figures show that in the last twelve months, there were 39,827 homelessness applications in Scotland, a drop of 5,720 (13%) from the previous year.

Meanwhile, the work done by SNP Government to protect vulnerable people has been praised by housing charity Crisis, who said that the Scottish Government is “an example to Westminster”.

Stuart McMillan said:

“It is heart warming to hear that almost six thousand less people in Scotland were homeless in the last year in comparison to the previous twelve months.

“These are encouraging figures that show the hard work of the SNP Government to prevent homelessness in Scotland is paying off.

“It is welcoming to see that these efforts are being noticed by groups such as Crisis, who are urging Westminster to follow our example.

“We should be under no illusions though, a place to call home should be the right of every single person in Scotland and despite this drop in homelessness applications there is still a lot of work to be done. However, unfortunately Westminster driven policies such as welfare reform and the bedroom tax is hindering the work of the Scottish Government to completely remove homelessness in our society.”


The official homeless statistics can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00956