'We're inundated' - Glasgow's struggle to house the homeless
It's the waiting game that I can't stand," he said.Image caption, Scott lives in a basic room in Glasgow's TrongateScott showed us around his hotel room near the city's Trongate. It's a basic room with a queen-sized bed, sink and small shower room.His clothes and personal effects are dotted round the cramped space, which is paid straight from his Universal Credit."Granted, it's nice... but I want my own home. The idea of living in a hotel doesn't live up to the hype," he said."At the end of the day, it's not somewhere I can decorate or call my own.
- ▪It's the waiting game that I can't stand," he said.Image caption, Scott lives in a basic room in Glasgow's TrongateScott showed us around his hotel room near the city's Trongate.
- ▪It's a basic room with a queen-sized bed, sink and small shower room.His clothes and personal effects are dotted round the cramped space, which is paid straight from his Universal Credit."Granted, it's nice... but I want my own home.
- ▪The idea of living in a hotel doesn't live up to the hype," he said."At the end of the day, it's not somewhere I can decorate or call my own.
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'We're inundated' - Glasgow's struggle to house the homelessImage caption, Scott Crean has been staying in a hotel room since ChristmasByChris ClementsScotland social affairs correspondentPublished2 minutes agoScott Crean is living out of a suitcase.He's been homeless for the last year - and since Christmas has been staying in a hotel room in Glasgow.In September 2025, the 37-year-old was among a record number people who were stuck in temporary accommodation in Glasgow and across Scotland.Now the latest figures are set to be released amid fears that the problem is continuing to get worse.Scott says he has been "in limbo" after being made redundant from his job at a charity shop and then made homeless after a family breakdown – all within the space of a few weeks last year."It's as if I'm…
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