HOUSING Minister Kevin Stewart has welcomed support for plans to ensure no homeless people are placed in B&B accommodation for longer than a week.
A consultation found backing for extending the ban on the use of temporary accommodation – which currently applies to families with children and pregnant women – to all those needing somewhere to stay.
There was also “strong support” for bringing in new legally enforceable standards for temporary accommodation, Stewart said.
He commented as the Scottish Government published the results of its consultation, which looked at the use of temporary accommodation for homeless people.
Stewart said: “These consultation responses support Scottish Government proposals. From May 2021, this new legislation, a UK first, will ensure people are moved into a more appropriate, permanent home as soon as possible.”
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