EXCLUSIVE: Shelter warned it was Scots youngsters who were 'paying the highest price for politicians’ failure to get a grip on the housing emergency'.
The SNP Government has been urged to restore cuts to its affordable housing budget or risk the number of children living in temporary accommodation across Scotland rising even higher.
The Government faced a huge backlash anti-poverty campaigners, charities and opposition parties when it last produced a Budget and £196m was slashed on housing spending. Alison Watson, Shelter Scotland director, said SNP ministers must "heed the calls of councils who are crying out for help". "With more than 10,000 children living in temporary accommodation, the highest on record and more than double the figure ten years ago, it’s kids who are paying the highest price for politicians’ failure to get a grip on the housing emergency.
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