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Housing Options (Prevent1) Statistics in Scotland: 2024-25
Information on housing options services in Scotland in the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
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Household circumstances
The most common reason for Housing Options approaches remains general housing options advice
Chart 3: Top six most common reasons for Housing Options approaches, 2024-25
Landlord issues, as a reason for a Housing Options approach, saw the highest proportionate increase (from 390 to 603, 55%) in the last year, although they only account for 1% of all approaches.
Approaches from those in supported accommodation have seen the largest increase over time
Chart 4: Top six property types from which households made an approach, 2014-15 and 2024-25 [LA refers to local authority and RSL refers to registered social landlord]
The number of households approaching from supported accommodation was the highest in the series with an increase from 2,392 to 2,773 (16%) in the last year and an increase of 84% from 1,507 in 2014-15. Two-thirds of the increase in the latest year was due to Glasgow (258 out of the 381), with 28% of the increase in Edinburgh (106 out of 381).