Operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2007 (including households in temporary accommodation at 31 December 2007)
Routine homelessness statistics update to September 2007
Table 2 Reason for application: April to September 2007
| Household type |
All |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single person male |
Single person female |
Single parent male |
Single parent female |
Couple without children |
Couple with children |
Other household without children |
Other household with children |
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| Reason accommodation is longer available |
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| Termination of tenancy / mortgage due to rent arrears / default on payments |
448 |
208 |
57 |
319 |
92 |
166 |
73 |
80 |
1,443 |
| Other action by landlord resulting in the termination of the tenancy |
629 |
311 |
83 |
499 |
188 |
299 |
91 |
100 |
2,200 |
| Applicant terminated secure accommodation |
170 |
74 |
14 |
56 |
31 |
34 |
16 |
9 |
404 |
| Loss of service / tied accommodation |
86 |
33 |
5 |
13 |
34 |
52 |
8 |
13 |
244 |
| Discharge from prison / hospital / care / other institution |
956 |
124 |
25 |
21 |
32 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1,165 |
| Emergency (fire, flood, storm, closing order, etc) |
67 |
22 |
2 |
25 |
10 |
14 |
6 |
5 |
151 |
| Forced division and sale of matrimonial home |
72 |
67 |
38 |
163 |
12 |
13 |
28 |
26 |
419 |
| Other reason for loss of accommodation |
624 |
248 |
54 |
129 |
78 |
67 |
25 |
27 |
1,252 |
| Reason for having to leave accommodation/household |
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| Dispute within household: violent or abusive |
408 |
969 |
92 |
1,157 |
32 |
24 |
65 |
116 |
2,863 |
| Dispute within household / relationship breakdown: non-violent |
1,865 |
975 |
480 |
846 |
117 |
77 |
65 |
67 |
4,492 |
| Fleeing non-domestic violence |
223 |
123 |
37 |
215 |
45 |
73 |
23 |
35 |
774 |
| Harassment |
214 |
106 |
22 |
261 |
69 |
100 |
19 |
32 |
823 |
| Overcrowding |
155 |
146 |
29 |
173 |
56 |
76 |
21 |
17 |
673 |
| Asked to leave |
3,118 |
1,578 |
344 |
700 |
393 |
258 |
115 |
64 |
6,570 |
| Other reason for leaving accommodation / household |
1,466 |
772 |
192 |
562 |
231 |
220 |
102 |
78 |
3,623 |
| All |
10,501 |
5,756 |
1,474 |
5,139 |
1,420 |
1,478 |
658 |
670 |
27,096 |
Notes: All applications during period. Figures do not include data from East Dunbartonshire and Shetland due to technical reasons and may include some under-reporting from other local authorities ( see footnotes for Table 1).
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