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Publication - Statistics

Operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2011 (including households in temporary accommodation at 31 December 2011)

Published
14 February 2012
ISBN
9781780456140

Statistics relating to the operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2011, also including households in temporary accommodation as at 31 December 2011.

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Table 7a - Reasons for loss of accommodation for those who previously rented/owned their accommodation Applications: Apr-Jun 2010 to Jul-Sept 2011

2010 2010 2010 2011 2010-11 2011 2011
Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Total Apr-Jun Jul-Sept
Rented from local authority 1,190 1,239 1,053 1,219 4,701 974 1,053
Rent arrears 134 105 104 125 468 78 91
Other action by landlord 66 65 40 64 235 45 57
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 227 226 190 214 857 209 226
Dispute within household - non-violent 177 186 137 179 679 144 138
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 304 350 252 267 1,173 235 274
Other reasons 282 307 330 370 1,289 263 267
Rented from housing association 577 574 426 578 2,155 464 527
Rent arrears 55 45 44 57 201 55 56
Other action by landlord 44 45 32 56 177 31 34
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 121 111 80 114 426 92 106
Dispute within household - non-violent 90 97 77 98 362 68 73
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 144 142 90 118 494 117 122
Other reasons 123 134 103 135 495 101 136
Rented privately (including tied accommodation) 2,570 2,397 1,745 2,414 9,126 1,954 1,873
Rent arrears 300 298 195 280 1,073 252 224
Other action by landlord 1,104 965 700 995 3,764 790 722
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 168 163 120 183 634 158 166
Dispute within household - non-violent 167 166 115 168 616 136 116
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 128 118 68 102 416 105 100
Other reasons 703 687 547 686 2,623 513 545
Owner occupied 958 969 696 790 3,413 624 625
Mortgage default 255 218 167 128 768 83 125
Forced division and sale of matrimonial home 96 106 48 86 336 77 65
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 189 204 155 189 737 153 142
Dispute within household - non-violent 240 247 181 216 884 161 164
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 12 8 9 17 46 10 7
Other reasons 166 186 136 154 642 140 122

Notes: Applications who stated previous accommodation was rented or had previously owned their accommodation and reason for the loss of it.

Table 7b - Reasons for loss of accommodation for those who previously rented/owned their accommodation Applications: Apr-Jun 2010 to Jul-Sept 2011 (percentages) 2010

  2010 2010 2010 2011 2010-11 2011 2011
Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Total Apr-Jun Jul-Sept
Rented from local authority 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Rent arrears 11 8 10 10 10 8 9
Other action by landlord 6 5 4 5 5 5 5
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 19 18 18 18 18 21 21
Dispute within household - non-violent 15 15 13 15 14 15 13
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 26 28 24 22 25 24 26
Other reasons 24 25 31 30 27 27 25
Rented from housing association 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Rent arrears 10 8 10 10 9 12 11
Other action by landlord 8 8 8 10 8 7 6
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 21 19 19 20 20 20 20
Dispute within household - non-violent 16 17 18 17 17 15 14
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 25 25 21 20 23 25 23
Other reasons 21 23 24 23 23 22 26
Rented privately (including tied accommodation) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Rent arrears 12 12 11 12 12 13 12
Other action by landlord 43 40 40 41 41 40 39
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 7 7 7 8 7 8 9
Dispute within household - non-violent 6 7 7 7 7 7 6
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
Other reasons 27 29 31 28 29 26 29
Owner occupied 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Mortgage default 27 22 24 16 23 13 20
Forced division and sale of matrimonial home 10 11 7 11 10 12 10
Dispute within household - violent or abusive 20 21 22 24 22 25 23
Dispute within household - non-violent 25 25 26 27 26 26 26
Non-domestic violence/ harassment 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
Other reasons 17 19 20 19 19 22 20

Notes: % of applications who stated previous accommodation was rented or had previously owned their accommodation and reason for the loss of it.

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