Edinburgh Council approves student block conversion to house its homeless
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The City of Edinburgh Council has approved a plan to convert a 67-room student accommodation block on Gorgie Road into temporary housing for homeless individuals.
The decision comes as new figures reveal the council failed to provide accommodation for hundreds of homeless households in March.
The council recently purchased the five-storey building to bolster its temporary accommodation supply, which already houses over 10,000 people, including 3,155 children.
Planning permission for the change of use has been granted for a ten-year period.
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