The SNP Government are presiding over “disgraceful” temporary accommodation waits, the Scottish Conservatives can reveal today.
Responses received by the party from a series of Freedom of Information requests to Scotland's councils, highlight the time people of all ages are languishing in temporary accommodation across the county.
Among the most “appalling” cases are a child spending over seven years in temporary accommodation in Edinburgh, with another individual spending close to 2,900 days without a permanent residence in the capital.
The longest wait occurred in Argyll and Bute where someone spent a “scarcely believable” 13 years in temporary accommodation.
Shadow housing secretary Meghan Gallacher says that the stats “should shame” an SNP government whose inaction has resulted in a national housing emergency.
Meghan added that ministers continue to be detached from the reality facing families across Scotland and urged to change their approach on housing and deliver the homes people across Scotland need.
Scottish Conservative shadow housing secretary Meghan Gallacher said: “These waits are an absolute disgrace.
“They should shame an SNP government whose inaction has resulted in a national housing emergency.
“Nobody should be spending years languishing in temporary accommodation, yet that is what kids and adults alike are suffering on the SNP's watch.
“It is scarcely believable that someone was stuck without somewhere to call home for 13 years or a child suffered for over seven years in temporary accommodation which is often unacceptable to live in.
“SNP ministers continue to be detached from the reality facing far too many people and just don't get it.
“These figures should be the wake-up call for them to ditch their current housing policies and accept they are not working.
“Instead, they should urgently outline a plan to deliver the homes Scotland needs and reduce the numbers facing the huge uncertainty of temporary accommodation."