Homelessness in Scotland: update to 30 September 2019

This bulletin provides information on local authority homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes in the period from 1 April to 30 September 2019.

This document is part of a collection


Homelessness in Scotland: Bi-annual update 1 April to 30 September 2019

This bulletin provides information on local authority homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes in the period from 1 April to 30 September 2019, and places it in the context of longer term trends. It also provides data on the number of households in temporary accommodation, along with the number of households in unsuitable temporary accommodation as defined in the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order 2014.

The bulletin is based on data collected from local authorities through the HL1 case-level homelessness applications data collection along with the HL2 aggregate temporary accommodation summary return and the HL3 case-level temporary accommodation return.

Excel workbooks containing tables and charts from this publication are available to download at https://www.gov.scot/collections/homelessness-statistics.

Chart 1: Number of applications for homelessness assistance in Scotland, by quarter, April 2002 to September 2019

Chart 1: Number of applications for homelessness assistance in Scotland, by quarter, April 2002 to September 2019

Contact

Email: homelessness_statistics_inbox@gov.scot

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