Councillor Scott Arthur: "781 people bidding for a single council house should ring alarm bells"
- 5 months ago
Transport and environment convener Scott Arthur has branded demand for housing in the south-west of the city ‘absolutely incredible’ after 781 people applied for just one house.
The council were inundated with applications after buying nearly two dozen homes lying empty in the Dreghorn estate in a bid to secure more affordable accommodation for the city’s growing homeless population.
The first four houses had a total of 2,455 applications between them. But one home saw 781 applications - nearly four times the average number of 200 bids for a social home in Edinburgh.
The council were inundated with applications after buying nearly two dozen homes lying empty in the Dreghorn estate in a bid to secure more affordable accommodation for the city’s growing homeless population.
The first four houses had a total of 2,455 applications between them. But one home saw 781 applications - nearly four times the average number of 200 bids for a social home in Edinburgh.