Almost 1000 people have reported rough sleeping on the streets of Glasgow this year.

The figure comes as the number of homeless people living in hotels and B&Bs and stuck in temporary accommodation has risen sharply once more.

Due to rising demand, the council now puts up more than 1900 people in hotels and B&Bs across the city.

In just two months the hotel/B&B number has shot up from 1806 to 1929 a rise of 7%.

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More people are living in temporary accommodation from 7861 to 8195 in just two months.

Also due to increasing demand and not enough homes for people to progress into a settled permanent tenancy the number in temporary furnished flats has been rising month on month.

It now includes 3252 children.

And, the number of families in the hotel accommodation has also risen to 107 families with children.

In mid-September 728 people had reported sleeping rough before the applied to be registered as homeless.

By November 1 this had risen sharply to 929.

The Glasgow Times launched the End The Homeless Hotel Shame campaign earlier this year highlighting the condition in many of the places people are put up.

We are calling for a tough inspection regime to force owners to improve standards and for the Scottish and UK Governments to provide the council with the resources needed to ensure there is enough housing to meet demand.

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The figures were obtained by the Scottish Tenants Organisation.

Sean Clerkin, campaign coordinator, said: “These horrific homeless statistics in Glasgow measured by all metrics are showing record numbers of homeless people and children living in temporary accommodation and record numbers of homeless people sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow.

“We are near the point of no return unless the SNP- Green led Glasgow City Council and SNP led Scottish Government provide more emergency funding now to tackle this homeless disaster in Scotland’s largest city. Unless action is taken now it can be reasonably said that the above Authorities are endorsing homelessness on a mass scale.

“We therefore need more funding for homeless services now in Glasgow to provide better wraparound services to help homeless people tackle drug and alcohol addiction and improve mental health care for homeless people. More funding is also needed to provide homeless women with women only halfway accommodation with a view to rapidly rehouse them into permanent social rented homes.”

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A spokesperson for the Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership said: “We remain in a very unfortunate situation and certainly not one we wish anyone to be in. We are dealing with increasing numbers of people coming to Glasgow to access our services and, in turn, increasing numbers of people being accommodated in unsuitable accommodation.

“It is well documented that the housing system in Glasgow is experiencing extreme pressure. We do work hard to prioritise families with children and get them into permanent accommodation as quickly as possible, with 92% currently being accommodated in furnished accommodation in the community.

“The reality is demand far outstrips availability which means people – including children - are spending longer in emergency and temporary accommodation than any of us would want.  The extended use of bed and breakfast accommodation is being driven by the rapid increase in demand for homeless assistance. We continue to work with partners to widen our use of emergency accommodation as an alternative to bed and breakfast type accommodation. 

“The situation is far from acceptable, and we continue to push both governments for additional resource.”