Anger at homes for ex-prisoners

I’M writing after reading with utter disbelief and astonishment the provision being given to prisoners regards housing reported in the Evening Telegraph on April 28.

As a victim of circumstance and due to the Covid-19 pandemic I was asked to leave temporary accommodation on March 24 and since 2013 have sufficed with my own temporary accommodation.

I have registered with Dundee City Council as homeless and am currently placed on the housing waiting list since 2017.

I have been advised that should I need

I AM one of many single parents in Dundee living with friends or family due to the lack of council housing.

Myself and several of my friends are living with our children in overcrowded conditions with extended family as we have not been seen as a priority on the council waiting list.

One woman I know had to be separated from her eldest child because of insufficient space. temporary accommodation this can be arranged.

As a Dundonian born, bred and raised, in full time employment and a tax payer since leaving school, I find that as far as social standing goes I am now beneath that of a criminal or a drug addict.

It’s quite clear that this city is not for the hard working tax payer putting in to the system and the message sent out in this report suggests crime does after all pay.

Over the years I have asked for nothing from the city council having been lucky enough to be self sufficient, but in a time of need feel badly let down.

Imagine my astonishment in reading up to 70 early release prisoners will be given priority council housing in the city due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The shock of this is worsened when you take into consideration that the council has informed me that allocations for general housing means applications have been halted as due to social distancing viewings can not take place.

I am by no means suggesting that these people should not be housed, but it calls into question where Dundee City Council’s priorities lie; with criminals, or with young parents who just want a secure home for their children?

Perhaps if we start breaking the law we will be looked upon more favourably by the city council.