Scotland is in a nationwide Housing Emergency. The declaration from the Scottish Parliament comes after five local authorities – including Glasgow and Edinburgh – had already declared housing emergencies in recent months.
The Scottish Government has cut almost £200 million from the housing budget.
Labour piled on pressure on the issue, and in the past 15 minutes MSPs backed their motion at Holyrood. Campaigners say the crisis in housing took decades to get into– with a lack of council and social properties being built.
They fear it could also take decades to put things right.
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