“These statistics lay bare the reality of our housing emergency. While it’s good that Edinburgh is now being transparent, these figures show the council has not been meeting its statutory duties, a situation which we have already highlighted in Glasgow. The sheer numbers of occasions when people are being turned away to fend for themselves is scandalous. Who knows what happens to these people when they leave the council offices? Councils can’t pick and choose which laws they adhere to.” – Edinburgh Evening News, Wednesday, 29th January 2020
