A hotel being used to house Glasgow's homeless population during the pandemic has been hit with a 'mice infestation'.
The Rennie Mackintosh Hotel has been forced to move some of its residents after the vermin were spotted on the property.
The hotel, on Union Street, is one of a number of businesses in the city being used as temporary accommodation to house the homeless and rough sleeping population.
Glasgow Live understands three residents were forced to move rooms due to the mice.
One of them told Glasgow Live: "I've been staying here for around three months and there have been mice the entire time.
"I've had to be moved to a different part of the hotel because they were in my room. I've woken up during the night and there was one on my bed. I had to throw out a bag of clothes because a mouse peed and chewed them - the hotel wouldn't even compensate me for it.
"No one came to see me about it and it doesn't seem like anyone in the hotel is doing anything proactive. They're doing the bare minimum and just put down the traps that poison them but they're still coming back.
"The situation is getting worse."
The Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and charities worked to get people off the streets and into accommodation to enable them to self-isolate and give them access to resources during the pandemic, with hotels including the Rennie Mackintosh and Alexander Thomson being used by the local authority.
The city is currently experiencing an increase in vermin due to the lockdown due to buildings being closed and changes to waste collections.
A spokeswoman for Glasgow’s Health & Social Care Partnership said: “We’ve been provided with reports confirming that pest control has visited the property after mice were spotted. Tiny field mice can squeeze through the smallest of spaces, so any potential access points have been filled and control measures have been put in place to address the issue. The report confirms that the premises are clean and well maintained.”
We previously reported how eight deaths were recorded at the Alexander Thomson Hotel between April and September.
