The Edinburgh City Council (ECC) in Scotland sent homeless people out of Edinburgh to make room for fans of Taylor Swift amid a housing emergency and Swift’s forthcoming concert, a housing charity in Scotland alleged Wednesday. Several homeless people whom Shelter Scotland supports were taxied out to Aberdeen, Glasgow and as far as England’s northernmost borough of Newcastle, as a Taylor Swift concert approached, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The homeless people would otherwise have been offered emergency temporary accommodation in places such as hotels in line with legal obligations, the BBC report indicated.
Taylor Swift is expected to perform at ’s Murrayfield Stadium from Jun. 7 to 9. Competition for hotel rooms is fierce as Swift fans are expected to turn out in their hundreds of thousands.
The shows are sold out, Tuesday. “Homeless families and tourists being forced to compete for the same accommodation is further evidence of Edinburgh’s and indeed most of Scotland’s housing emergency,” Shelter Scotland said in part in . Shelter Scotland director Alison Watson called the situation “a blatant injustice,” the BBC reported.
“If this is true it’s disgraceful and I’m sure Ms Swift would be shocked,” a commenter responded to Shelter Scotland. The situation appears to affect newly homeless people applying for emergency temporary housing, as the BBC reported not having seen any evidence of homeless people who are already in emergency hous.
