New data revealed by homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has 'painted a mixed picture' of Glasgow's housing situation.
The charity's first annual Housing Emergency Report Card indicates that more households in Glasgow have become homeless and more people are sleeping rough in the city.
There has also been a rise in the number of open homeless applications, signalling an increase in pressure on the council's homelessness services.
Meanwhile, both the number of children in temporary accommodation has declined as well as the average length of time people are spending in temporary housing.
Alison Watson, the director of Shelter Scotland, described the decrease in temporary accommodation reliance as "measurable progress" but warned more needs to be done to "end the housing emergency".
Shelter releases the report cards to provide an update on how the housing and homelessness situation has changed in the city over the last year.
Following the results of Glasgow's report, the charity is calling for more social homes or risk 'increasing numbers of people entering and getting stuck in the homelessness system'.
Glasgow City Council needs 910 social homes per year to meet its five-year targets, but between April and December 2022 only 423 were delivered, 'meaning they are not on track to meet their yearly target'.
Ms Watson claims the Scottish Government needs to step in to help Glasgow City Council as homelessness rises across the city.
She said: “The equivalent of 39 children in Scotland become homeless every single day, that’s a classroom full of children. As the school term draws to a close, it’s an opportune time to look back at the year, when the children will be doing the same and look at how councils are responding to the housing emergency.
“It’s a mixed picture in Glasgow. While there has been measurable progress towards ending the city’s chronic over reliance on temporary accommodation, there has been an increase in rough sleeping, more households have become homeless, and the number of open homelessness applications is on the rise.
She added: “We know that social housing is the only way to end the housing emergency, which is devastating communities across Glasgow, but sadly it’s likely targets will be missed.
“Before last year’s local elections, councillors from across Glasgow’s political spectrum pledged to prioritise social housing delivery and we intend to hold them to that promise.
“However, we know they can’t do it alone; the Scottish Government needs to recognise that the housing emergency is real and commit to taking action.
“That means ensuring that local homelessness services have the resources they need to do their job and making sure the funds are there to deliver the social homes we so desperately need.”
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