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Reports of mould and damp in homes across Scotland have skyrocketed as thousands of tenants pay the price for a 'total failure' that is " wreaking havoc" on their lives. ‌

Since 2019, Scotland has saw reports of mould and damp increase by 200 percent among social tenants, with areas like Glasgow seeing a stark increase of 500 per cent, a Glasgow Live investigation has revealed. ‌

The data, obtained through Freedom of Information Requests to every local authority and housing association, shows that reports have skyrocketed from 8,712 to 26,514 across Scotland and 758 to 4,609 in Glasgow. ‌

However, the true number of people living in mouldy homes is expected to be much higher, with multiple social housing providers only recently starting to gather data and the

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