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The human cost of Scotland’s housing failure

On Easter Monday, I volunteered with Steps to Hope in central Edinburgh, serving meals to around 90 people. While many were homeless or in temporary housing, others came simply for the human connection. Among them was a young veteran carrying nothing but a sleeping bag.
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