Scottish Government announces emergency housing investment to tackle urban homelessness
First Minister John Swinney announced capital funding to accelerate social housing construction and refurbish vacant properties in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee as Scottish councils face severe homelessness pressures.
In a symbolic Scottish street scene, John Swinney uses a pound-sign-shaped emergency hammer to crack a glass case enclosing a vacant tenement entrance. Beside him, an adult and child wait with their belongings. The case reads “BREAK GLASS”: existing rooms have become emergency equipment for people without homes.
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