Scottish Housing Market Review Q2 2026
Quarterly bulletin collating a range of previously published statistics on the latest trends in the Scottish housing market.
9. Homelessness
For a broader analysis of the latest homelessness data, visit the Homelessness Statistics webpage.
Between October 2024 and September 2025, fewer households in Scotland were assessed as homeless (33,966) than during the same period the previous year (34,836), which represents a decrease of 2.5%. Over the same period, the number of households submitting a homelessness application also decreased from 41,622 to 40,476 (a decrease of 2.8%).
However, the number of households in temporary accommodation increased. As at 30 September 2025, 18,092 households were in temporary accommodation, compared to 16,634 a year earlier, an increase of 8.8%.
Across all local authorities in Scotland, Aberdeenshire recorded the largest annual percentage increase in homelessness applications, rising by 15% from 821 to 942. Aberdeenshire also saw the largest percentage increase in the number of applications assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness, increasing by 21% from 672 to 816. Meanwhile, Perth and Kinross had the largest percentage increase in households in temporary accommodation of 63%, with numbers rising from 59 to 96.
Chart 9.1 Homelessness applications and assessments, and households in temporary accommodation: Scotland (Applications and assessments: quarterly; Number of households in temporary accommodation: as at the end of September)
Source: Scottish Government
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