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The committee’s concerns on this matter came from a feeling that the cost of living crisis was putting undue pressure on households in debt, that there were additional current pressures and that a swift response was needed.
We made a payments run for the independent living fund, and we expect that that will be the mechanism by which independent living fund payments are made by the time that we get into the summer.
I believe that about 380 families living here would face an immediate challenge, but around 330,000 people living in private rented accommodation in Scotland could also be affected.
It appears that the indicators fail to appreciate that, for example, the more employees there are on the living wage, the more that will impact on the cost of living and potentially on food poverty.