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Not Enough Council Homes to go Around

Research shows that more and more people are bidding for council houses. Edinburgh council have announced that the council house waiting list has ‘grown by more than 1000 people in the last year’.

The list includes first time council home owners, those that are in temporary accommodation and those whose homes are unacceptable or unsuitable.

More people are presenting themselves as homeless to the council than council homes becoming available. Consumers are even bidding on houses in areas that were before hard to rent. Though the government is supplying funding for more council homes to be built, it is still not meeting the demands of the consumer.

Edinburgh council have set up a ‘swap-shop’ scheme where tenants can put there home up for exchange and are hoping that this will increase the number of larger homes made available as these are the homes in high demand.

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