North Ayrshire Council has spent nearly £800,000 on emergency accommodation or temporary housing in the last two years.

And one household in the area has spent nearly three years in temporary accommodation.

A total of £404,000 was spent in 2022-23, up from a figure of £389,000 in 2021-22, a freedom of information request to the authority has revealed.

In all, 906 households were offered temporary accommodation between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. 

That's a very slight increase on the total of 893 who were offered temporary accommodation in the previous 12 months.

The average length of stay in the year to June 30, 2023 was 63 days, a slight drop on the previous year's figure of 66 days.

NAC says that in the 12 months to June 30, 2022, the longest stay by a household in temporary accommodation was 1,189 days.

That figure also fell, to 1,080, in the 12 months to the end of June last year.

But it still represents a total of two years, 11 months, two weeks and six days.

All temporary accommodation throughout the area is provided by North Ayrshire Council.

A council spokesperson said: "Each household is assessed on an individual basis and allocated the most suitable accommodation based on their needs and the accommodation available at the time.

"Every unit, whether direct access or in the community, has a self-contained kitchen and bathroom."