Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 18 December 2025 [Draft]
18 Dec 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Temporary Accommodation and Homelessness (Support for Local Authorities)
Social Justice and Housing
The best way to reduce the need for temporary accommodation is to help people to stay in their homes in the first place; namely, to prevent homelessness in the first place. I have mentioned a number of times the multi-annual funding and the major affordable homes delivery programme that we have launched for the coming four years. I mentioned in response to Paul Sweeney that we are investing more than £100 million in discretionary housing payments, helping to mitigate the local housing allowance freeze and the bedroom tax in Scotland. We will continue to support people, including in East Dunbartonshire, through those funds.
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6. Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
SNP
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local authorities, such as East Dunbartonshire Council, to reduce the use of temporary accommodation and ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing (Màiri McAllan)
SNP
The best way to reduce the need for temporary accommodation is to help people to stay in their homes in the first place; namely, to prevent homelessness in t...
Rona Mackay
SNP
East Dunbartonshire Council is working hard to reduce the use of temporary accommodation, but prevention is the key. Will the cabinet secretary outline how t...
Màiri McAllan
SNP
Rona Mackay is absolutely right to mention the new prevention duties. I have focused a lot of my answers on the work of the housing emergency action plan, wh...
Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (LD)
LD
The reason why East Dunbartonshire Council is having to put people in hotels or bed and breakfasts is that it has access to only 50 council-owned temporary p...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Always speak through the chair.
Màiri McAllan
SNP
What I have to say to them is that every effort that I have made since becoming housing secretary has been put into ending children living in unsuitable acco...