Unsuitable Accommodation Order

That the Parliament notes that the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 prevents homeless applicants who are pregnant, whose household includes a pregnant woman or whose households includes dependent children from being housed in unsuitable temporary accommodation for more than seven days; understands that the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 was introduced to extend this duty to all homeless households and  that the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Amendment (Coronavirus) Order 2020 provided exemptions that allowed homeless households to be temporarily housed in hotels and bed and breakfasts for longer than seven days, if the household does not include children or pregnant applicants or children; recognises that this exemption is due to expire on 31 January 2021; calls on the Scottish Government to honour its original commitment and fully implement the Unsuitable Accommodation Order on 1 February by removing the exemptions so that everyone is entitled to suitable temporary accommodation; believes that local authorities should have access to the support and resources required to house every homeless household in decent suitable temporary accommodation, and asks the Scottish Government to prioritise urgently social housing allocations to people who are homeless and most in need and for it consider Shelter Scotland's call for the establishment of a temporary accommodation taskforce to address what it sees as the long-term issues with the supply of suitable temporary accommodation.