THE homelessness crisis in Glasgow is expected to deepen with hundreds more people set to need help each year.

Already there are almost 7000 people in temporary accommodation flats in the city and more than 800 people in emergency B&B in hotels.

The numbers of both have been rising over the last year and officials believe another 300 households per year will be added to the already overstretched system.

Pat Togher, of the Health and Social Care Partnership, said in a report: “The cost-of-living crisis and the pressures on the city’s economy may result in an increase in the numbers of households seeking assistance under homelessness legislation.

“The potential need to resettle over 700 Ukrainian displaced people, currently accommodated in hotels and residing with host families, may lead to unprecedented pressures on the city’s housing system and undermine progress with the delivery of the RRTP.

“It is estimated that GCHSCP is likely to have a full rehousing duty to 300 additional households per year.”

The average length of time that people are stuck in temporary accommodation has increased to more than one year.

As of May this year there were 6832 people in temporary accommodation, up from 6634 in March.

Included in that are 2849 children, also up from 2778 in March.

And there has been a rise of more than 100 people in hotels in the city with 806 accommodated in May, up from 701 in March.

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The latest data showing the increase in homelessness was obtained under freedom of information by the Scottish Tenants Organisation (STO).

Sean Clerkin, campaign organiser of the STO, said: “Glasgow is in a homelessness and housing crisis with a record number of 2849 homeless children being ghettoised into substandard temporary accommodation for longer periods of time, with an average family with three or more children being stuck in such accommodation for over one year.

“We are calling for tens of thousands of new social rented homes to be built in Glasgow and throughout Scotland and for an increase in resources to help the homeless when in temporary accommodation including paying for their temporary accommodation.”

A spokesperson for Glasgow's Health and Social Care Partnership said: “We are working to end the use of bed and breakfast type accommodation in the city.

“We aim to have ended the routine use of bed and breakfast by 2026.

“However, this target is highly dependent upon our ability to ensure that people who require emergency accommodation have access to it.”