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Homelessness applications in Dundee rose by almost 10% last year despite an overall reduction being recorded in Scotland.
Homelessness statistics published by the Scottish Government on Tuesday shows Dundee City area as one of only four local authorities to record an increase in homeless applications from 2019-20 and 2020-2021.
While Scotland experienced a 9% drop overall in homeless applications, Dundee City Council area recorded a 9% increase.
There was a 13% increase in those assessed homeless who had slept rough the night before in the same time period.
Dundee also has 4% as a proportion of homeless in Scotland, but only 3% of the total population, providing a homeless rate of 8.9 – above the national average of 6.1
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Salvation Army calls for spending on homelessness ‘to match scale of crisis’
The Salvation Army has published a new report on homelessness in Scotland (Nick Ansell/PA)
Thousands of Scots could become “trapped” between homelessness and “unsuitable” bed and breakfast accommodation, charity campaigners have warned.
The Salvation Army spoke out as a survey of local councils it carried out revealed a £34 million “black hole” in their homeless budgets.
That comes at the same time as 60% of the local authorities it surveyed said they were seeing an increase in demand for help with housing and homelessness in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.