Fife will become the latest local authority to declare a housing emergency as demand for affordable accommodation outstrips supply. Councillors will meet in Glenrothes tomorrow where they are expected to back a motion tabled by Labour member Judy Hamilton, the administration's housing spokeswoman.
Fife will become the latest local authority to declare a housing emergency as demand for affordable accommodation outstrips supply. Councillors will meet in Glenrothes tomorrow where they are expected to back a motion tabled by Labour member Judy Hamilton, the administration's housing spokeswoman. If passed, it will make Fife the fourth council to declare a housing emergency - following the example of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Argyll and Bute.
The motion asks councillors to note with "great concern the extreme pressures on housing and homelessness in Fife". "Despite reprovisioning of temporary accommodation and increasing the number of properties available for relet, the number of households assessed as homeless and waiting for a tenancy and the number of families with children in temporary accommodation remains worryingly high,” it stated. "Like other local authorities across Scotland, Fife faces difficulties in meeting its statutory duties in regard to homelessness." It follows a seven per cent increase in the number of people presenting themselves as homeless in Fife in the last year. Councillors have also warned there were around 1,900 households in the Kingdom assessed as homeless and waiting for a council tenancy. If the motion is approved, the council would order its head of housing to work with partners to bring forward a housing emergency plan by Jun
Fife Housing Emergency Affordable Accommodation Homelessness Local Authority
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