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Housing issues ‘squeezed out’
Business organisations, churches, unions and anti-poverty groups have come together with homelessness charity Shelter Scotland to form a powerful coalition attacking politicians for neglecting housing issues in the run-up to the election.In an open letter published today in the Sunday Herald, 17 influential bodies including Shelter Scotland, the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Chamber of Commerce, Citizens Advice Scotland and unions Unison and the GMB have called for housing issues to be given more weight by the parties fighting at the polls.
The letter, which highlights the economic effects of sky-high property prices and notes that one in six Scottish families is living in a damp home, demands that politicians place housing issues "high on the political agenda as we approach the elections".
Full story at the Sunday Herald.
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