The victims included 41-year-old mum Charlene Biggley
Urgent investment into social housing in Glasgow has been demanded following five suspected overdoses in two Glasgow hotels within 19 days.
A devastated family member told how Charlene had moved from her Kilmarnock home to get away from drugs - but ended up dying of an overdose. “It’s the last place on the world you would want a family member to end up if they were trying to sort their lives out but she was told there was nowhere else for her to go.A 52-year-old man who also died at the hotel on May 14 begged a Glasgow City Council homelessness team worker to find an alternative to the Rennie Mackintosh due to its connection with overdose deaths.
Other recent victims were a 30-year-old man who died on May 14 at the Queens Park Hotel, while a 49-year-old woman and 60-year-old man were also confirmed dead on the same day, Thursday, May 4.Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.
“The Scottish Government should have long ago said ‘no more’ and committed itself to delivering the social homes we need to finally eradicate homelessness. “It’s obviously wrong for people to be thrown into temporary accommodation which can’t hope to provide them with the support they need, but it keeps happening.
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