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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 5e: Reasons for failing to maintain accommodation (as percentage of all applications completing this question)
| 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 | 16% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 15% |
| Physical health reasons | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Mental health reasons | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 10% |
| Unmet need for support from housing/ social work/ health services | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Lack of support from friends/ family | 20% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| Difficulties managing on own | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Drug/ alcohol dependency | 10% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| Criminal/ anti-social behaviour | 9% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| Not to do with applicant household (e.g. landlord selling property, fire, circumstances of other persons sharing previous property, harassment by others etc | 51% | 52% | 51% | 54% | 52% | 51% | 54% | 51% | 50% | 52% |
| Refused | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
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