One homeless person dies every week in Glasgow according to Glasgow City Council. The council admitted that the number of deaths released in the FOI may not be entirely accurate as it may not include all the homeless deaths in the city or rough sleepers who are not from Glasgow or currently engaged with the Council.
Graeme Brown, the Glasgow Director of Shelter Scotland said: “Each one of these cases represents a human life lost too soon. “We know that homeless people, in particular those who sleep rough, have worse health than the general population and are far more likely to die young. It is simply shameful that this is happening in 21st century Scotland. Sadly, we know that homelessness is still far from fixed in Glasgow and across Scotland today."
According to Shelter Scotland estimate up to 5,000 people sleep rough in Scotland every year, with thousands more using temporary accommodation. Glasgow City Council receives each year roughly 6000 formal homelessness applications with further applications for temporary accomodation.
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