THE last residents of Glasgow's most notorious hotel for homeless people have been moved out.

It has now been confirmed the final 50 men to be staying in the Bellgrove Hotel have been relocated. 

The Wheatley Group, Scotland's largest social landlord, said it "brings an end to this chapter", which saw many housed in squalid conditions in the Gallowgate premises. 

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The housing provider is working with Glagow city council's health partnership to provide new places to stay for the men. 

We revealed in April how a deal had been struck by Glasgow city council and the hotel's former owners to buy the building and rehouse residents. 

It has, for years, caused concern for the welfare of the dozens of men who live there at any one time, with the local MSP calling it Dickensian.

The hotel in the East End was privately owned and so was not subject to the same regulations that council run hostels have to abide by.

A spokesman said: "Staff from Wheatley Care – part of Wheatley Group – have worked closely with Glasgow’s Health and Social Care Partnership to help around 50 vulnerable men get the tailored care and support they need to move on with their lives.

“The closure of the hotel brings an end to this chapter in the Bellgrove story and paves the way for a bright new future for the Gallowgate with more affordable housing planned for the east end.”

They hope that the closure of the hotel will be part of a wider regeneration programme in the East End of Glasgow, which has seen around 500 new homes built in the Gallowgate area recently.