EXCLUSIVE: Almost 160 Ukrainians still waiting to be moved out of Dundee hotels
Three hotels across the city have taken them in before they find permanent accommodation
159 Ukrainians who have come to Dundee to escape Vladimir Putin's war are still living in hotels as they wait to be placed into permanent accommodation.
Its understood three hotels have been the home of refugees for months.
Queens and the Apex have provided rooms for families since last summer, along with one other unnamed site.
They're among the more than 23,000 arrivals in Scotland living in 'inappropriate' conditions according to the British Red Cross
39 people have been moved from Dundee hotels into a private let.
121 individuals have moved from Dundee hotels into tenancies in LA/RSL accommodation, while 39 people moved into a private let.
Tay News has also been told 81 people are living with hosts in Tayside's largest city.
"It's not sustainable"
MSP and former Dundee Councillor, Michael Mara, insists it is vital Ukrainian's are fully integrated into the community.
He said: "I'm glad that Dundee has been able to open our homes, our hearts and our community to refugees from Ukraine over the last year.
"In the longer-term it is simply not sustainable for these people to be living in hotels and we need to make sure they're fully integrated into the community.
"That means making sure the right services are there, including housing.
"So that's the challenge we're going to have to rise to, not just in Dundee but across Scotland.
"The Scottish Government has to make sure they can assist local authorities in making that happen".
We have approached Dundee City Council for comment which they're yet to respond to.
The Scottish Government has said it's working "intensively" with local authorities to match people into longer-term accommodation.
A Holyrood spokesperson told Tay News: ""The Scottish Government will spend £200 million in 2022-23 to deliver the Warm Scots Welcome programme and provide a place of safety for displaced Ukrainians and next financial year, a further £72.3 million.
"As Ministers have said, providing support and sanctuary for displaced people from Ukraine will continue to be a priority for the Scottish Government as people in Scotland would expect."
“Our Ukraine Longer-Term Resettlement Fund is making up to £50 million available to local authorities to bring empty and void properties back into use.
"Including a pilot project in North Lanarkshire, a total of five capital projects providing 769 homes have been approved to date.
“Almost 23,800 people with a Scottish sponsor have arrived in the UK, almost 19,300 of whom are sponsored by the Scottish Government.
"This is 20.2% of all UK arrivals and highest per head of population of any UK nation.”