Support worker warns of 'huge rise in homelessness' as 250 people died on Scotland's streets
A support worker has warned that Scotland will see "a huge rise in homelessness" if the cost of living crisis gets worse.
According to the figures men make up the majority of deaths with 81% reported to be male. A further 60% of deaths reported are believed to be aged under 45. Top news stories today "In recent months, we have also had to deal with the ongoing cost of living crisis more and more. People are being swept up in a rising tide of debt and hardship, often pushing them even closer to homelessness, or deeper into it. We are seeing more families in need of support, and more people sleeping in their cars."
"That is why we are introducing new homelessness prevention duties in the forthcoming Housing Bill and why we continue to support local authorities to develop housing first programmes."
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