The Herald: The housing gap that sees 1,300 vulnerable Scots left behind

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The closure of long-stay institutional hospitals for people with learning disabilities was prioritised in the 1990s, with notable facilities like Lennox Castle near Glasgow shutting its doors in 2002. Despite this promising and necessary shift towards community integration, our new research reveals that some 1,300 Scots with learning disabilities and complex needs remain caught in a system that fails to provide appropriate accommodation.