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Edinburgh councillors approve plan to halt lettings policy in bid to tackle temporary accommodation shortage
Pause will allow officers to turn roughly 120 void homes into homes for homeless people as it seeks to regain compliance with legislation
Edinburgh Council is poised to suspend its allocation of council-owned housing stock to prioritise void properties for use as temporary accommodation.
The motion was approved at a meeting of the council’s Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee (HHFWC) on Friday 25 May. Councillors unanimously supported the action, which is due to last until at least 13 June 2025.
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