There is “real misery and despair” behind West Lothian Council housing department performance figures, a senior SNP councillor has claimed.
Depute SNP group leader Councillor Robert De Bold pointed to a fall in the percentage of homeless applications being assessed in 28 days from 90 per cent to “less than 50 per cent”.
His criticism of performance came as housing officers revealed a surge in spending on homeless service costs to more than £688,000, in the last financial quarter of 2021/22.
