Scottish Housing Market Review Q3 2025

9. Homelessness

The statistics covered in this section were originally published on the Scottish Government website on 16 September 2025. For a broader range of homelessness statistics and a more in depth analysis, visit the Homelessness Statistics homepage.

Between April 2024 and March 2025 in Scotland, more households were assessed as homeless (34,067) than during the same period the previous year (33,955), which represents an increase of 0.3%. There was also a rise in the number of households in temporary accommodation: as at 31 March 2025, 17,240 households were in temporary accommodation, compared to 16,330 a year earlier – an increase of 5.6%. In contrast, the number of households submitting a homelessness application fell over the year, from 41,054 in 2023-24 to 40,688 in 2024-25 (a decrease of 0.9%).

Across all local authorities in Scotland, Dundee City had the largest annual percentage increase in homelessness applications of 18% (an increase from 1,386 to 1,638). Additionally, Dundee City saw the largest percentage increase in the number of applications assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness of 24% (an increase from 1,107 to 1,377). Meanwhile, Aberdeenshire had the largest percentage increase in households in temporary accommodation of 61% (an increase from 70 to 113).

Source: Scottish Government