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Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2011-12
This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2012. It includes information on the characteristics of applicant households, local authority assessments and the action taken in respect of cases that were concluded. Snapshot data on households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2012 are presented and notifications of households at risk of homelessness due to eviction/repossession.
Table 5d: Reasons for failing to maintain accommodation
| 2010-11 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2011-12 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec | Jan-Mar | |||
| Financial difficulties/ debt/ unemployment | 1,388 | 1,331 | 1,023 | 1,217 | 4,959 | 984 | 934 | 776 | 961 | 3,655 |
| Physical health reasons | 303 | 300 | 254 | 263 | 1,120 | 214 | 207 | 193 | 266 | 880 |
| Mental health reasons | 687 | 772 | 576 | 639 | 2,674 | 626 | 590 | 503 | 566 | 2,285 |
| Unmet need for support from housing/ social work/ health services | 266 | 284 | 208 | 178 | 936 | 155 | 147 | 124 | 181 | 607 |
| Lack of support from friends/ family | 1,746 | 1,601 | 1,149 | 1,287 | 5,783 | 1,130 | 1,057 | 861 | 983 | 4,031 |
| Difficulties managing on own | 529 | 535 | 397 | 387 | 1,848 | 352 | 362 | 273 | 354 | 1,341 |
| Drug/ alcohol dependency | 824 | 984 | 802 | 908 | 3,518 | 781 | 730 | 647 | 731 | 2,889 |
| Criminal/ anti-social behaviour | 764 | 843 | 673 | 717 | 2,997 | 706 | 629 | 612 | 671 | 2,618 |
| Not to do with applicant household (e.g. landlord selling property, fire, circumstances of other persons sharing previous property, harassment by others etc | 4,369 | 4,434 | 3,361 | 4,367 | 16,531 | 3,285 | 3,370 | 2,621 | 2,996 | 12,272 |
| Refused | 104 | 97 | 119 | 163 | 483 | 56 | 36 | 57 | 119 | 268 |
| All applications completing this question | 8,532 | 8,527 | 6,554 | 8,023 | 31,636 | 6,422 | 6,236 | 5,152 | 5,961 | 23,771 |
| Total applications | 15,034 | 14,762 | 11,381 | 14,486 | 55,663 | 11,981 | 11,845 | 9,899 | 11,597 | 45,322 |
| Percentage completing this question | 57% | 58% | 58% | 55% | 57% | 54% | 53% | 52% | 51% | 52% |
Note:-
For each application, more than one reason can be given.
This question was answered for approximately 58% of applications in 2010-11, including refusals.
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