Seaside town hit by 'anti-social epidemic' near emergency accommodation facility as locals' lives 'made a misery'

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Residents and business owners in Scarborough living near an emergency accommodation facility in North Yorkshire are facing an "anti-social epidemic" and say their lives are being made a "misery" due to drug and alcohol abuse, fighting, swearing and public defecation at all hours.Issues have been raised to GB News about The Lodge on Valley Road in Scarborough, which operates as an emergency accommodation facility, and the Wharncliffe Hotel, which overlooks Scarborough's North Bay.Homemore Ltd runs both hotels, along with the Redcliffe Hotel, and aims to regularise the use of The Lodge and the Redcliffe Hotel properties, which are currently being used as emergency accommodation.The company delivers emergency temporary accommodation for adults, in partnership with local authorities and statutory services, before they move to more permanent housing.

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