The owners of hotels used for homeless people in Glasgow have seen their income from the council increase by millions of pounds in the last year. Glasgow City Council uses 30 hotels to provide emergency accommodation for people who are homeless to prevent rough sleeping. Since the council declared a housing emergency in the city in November last year the convenor for homelessness said the use of hotels has doubled.
The Glasgow Times used Freedom of Information laws to find out how much has been paid to the owners of the hotels in the last year. (Image: newsquest) Glasgow City Council confirmed that owners have been paid £26,724,422 in the financial year 2023/24. The figure is an increase of more than £6m.
In 2023/23 the hotel owners were paid £20,368,474. The difference is a rise of 31%. The cash comes from the public purse including the council budget and housing benefit.
A breakdown of the figure for 2023/24 is not available but of the previous year's total of £20.3m, £11,781,607 came from housing benefit payments and another £3,248,066 from covid income for the Scottish Government. Previously, the council had stated Health and Social Care Partnership will have to meet around £10.
5m of the 2023/24 bill. The Glasgow Times has been running the End the Homeless Hotel Shame campaign, highlighting conditions in some of the premises used by the council to house people. READ NEXT: Glasg ow Times new campaign: End the Homeless Hotel Shame We have told of people reporting cas.
