The housing charity Homeless Scotland mentioned a number of homeless individuals from Edinburgh had been despatched by taxi to the Scottish cities Aberdeen and Glasgow amid the scarcity in housing, the BBC experiences.
One homeless individual was provided non permanent lodging 160 kilometres away within the northern English metropolis of Newcastle.
Homeless Scotland mentioned the transfer was “a blatant injustice” for individuals with no everlasting residence to be “in direct competitors” with vacationers.
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Town is anticipated to be flooded by a whole lot of hundreds of followers and resort rooms and different lodging is briefly provide.
Edinburgh Metropolis Council mentioned it was working with impacted homeless individuals to search out “applicable, various lodging”.
Homeless Scotland mentioned as a substitute of individuals categorised as homeless in Edinburgh being provided non permanent lodging there, they have been being despatched exterior the town.
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However there isn’t a proof of homeless individuals being requested to depart lodging the place they’re at present staying.
There’s a authorized obligation in Scotland for homeless individuals to be provided lodging, and this could embody lodges.
Edinburgh Metropolis Council final yr declared a housing emergency, which it mentioned was as a consequence of document homelessness figures, a significant scarcity of social rented properties and hovering personal rental prices.