Councils will be handed an extra £16 million by the Scottish Government over the next two years in a bid to reduce the number of families living in temporary accommodation.The cash - which will be split between all 32 local authorities - will help fund the concept of "rapid rehousing" which speeds up the process of finding permanent accommodation for those who declare themselves homeless.But Scottish Labour described the funding as "a drop in the ocean" and nowhere near enough the amount required to get to grips with the issue.The number of households with children or pregnant women living in temporary housing in Scotland hit a 10-year high of 3,645 last year.At the end of March 2021 there were 13,097 households in temporary accommodation -
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