Emergency housing situation drives tenant to despair

“Dire and depressing” is how one Orkney Islands Council (OIC) emergency housing tenant has described the last seven months of her life.

While the tenant has called into question the rate of rent for the accommodation, and criticised its “damp” condition, the council says it endeavours to keep the time spent in temporary housing to a minimum.

For the full story, see this week’s edition of The Orcadian.