15,000 social homes blighted by mould

THOUSANDS of Scots are being forced to live in mouldy homes amid claims the SNP has left the social housing sector “to rot”.

- BY CHRIS MCCALL

Figures uncovered by the Lib Dems show 15,000 cases of mould and damp were recorded in local authority and housing association properties across the country in a single year. Wheatley Homes, the housing association responsible for Glasgow's social housing stock, recorded 5196 cases of mould in 2025 alone.