The Stirling CAB report composed the work after receiving a surge in demand for help with rent issues.
A new report has laid bare the issues of the housing sector in Stirling after a quadrupling in calls for support for rent issues in the last four years.
The CAB stats reveal that 39 council tenants presented at the bureau in 2023 looking for support related to difficulty making rent payments compared to just 10 in 2020. A key pressure revealed in the report is the impact of Stirling’s increasing student population on the scarcity of private rented accommodation around the city.
The report cites a survey from the university’s student union which said 60 per cent of respondents in private rented properties had struggled to pay rent, with almost a fifth forced to live elsewhere and commute into the city due to lack of availability. But the report highlights the average 431 day wait for the council to close a homelessness case, well above the Scottish average of 256 days.
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