A man has told of rats and mice in a hotel used to accommodate homeless people in Glasgow. The man in his 30s said the hotel was “nasty” and said the curfew times imposed make it difficult to maintain family relationships. He told the Glasgow Times he is also unable to work while in the hotel as he couldn’t afford the charges he would incur.
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The dad of one, said he ended up homeless after trying to rent a flat privately but was unable to get anything affordable and is hoping to secure social housing. He said he was put into the St Enoch Hotel on Howard Street and has since been moved twice and is currently in another hotel, in Paisley. On his experience, he said: “The St Enoch’s is nasty.
It has rats and mice. I saw a mouse and there were rat traps." He also said there is no cooking facility.
After complaining about the rodents, he said he was.