Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: Quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2008(including households in temporary accommodation at 31 December 2008)

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Table 7: Previous housing circumstances by main reason for loss of accommodation: all applications April - September 2008

Termination of tenancy / mortgage due to rent arrears / default on payments

Other action by landlord resulting in the termination of the tenancy

Applicant terminated secure accommodation

Loss of service / tied accommodation

Discharge from prison / hospital / care / other institution

Emergency (fire, flood, storm, closing order, etc)

Forced division and sale of matrimonial home

Other reason for loss of accommodation

Dispute within household: violent or abusive

Dispute within household / relationship breakdown: non-violent

Fleeing non-domestic violence

Harassment

Overcrowding

Asked to leave

Other reason for leaving accommodation / household

Total by previous housing circumstances

Total by Reason

1,634

2,342

416

202

1,309

162

277

1,316

3,204

4,880

899

703

648

7,420

3,949

29,361

Owning or renting

Renting from Local Authority

393

140

123

0

0

66

0

45

580

300

430

358

13

66

294

2,808

Renting from housing association

190

76

55

0

0

18

0

24

243

163

189

124

12

27

112

1,233

Renting privately

515

1,775

168

0

0

38

0

137

319

265

100

89

30

193

595

4,224

In tied accommodation

0

0

1

148

0

0

0

5

10

15

0

1

3

15

23

221

Owner occupier

392

0

21

0

0

17

237

78

464

496

13

12

12

50

214

2,006

Living with relatives, friends or partners

Parental/family home/relatives

35

53

0

0

0

8

16

188

571

1,697

69

31

432

4,040

793

7,933

Friends/partners

25

70

0

0

0

2

14

138

763

1,634

49

22

105

2,061

480

5,363

From institutional accommodation

Armed services accommodation

0

0

0

54

0

0

0

4

10

14

0

1

0

3

12

98

Prison

0

0

0

0

979

0

0

8

6

7

2

1

2

22

74

1,101

Hospital

0

0

0

0

178

0

0

5

1

8

0

1

0

4

16

213

Childrens residential accommodation

0

0

0

0

61

0

0

7

1

3

0

0

0

6

23

101

Supported accommodation

7

32

9

0

38

1

0

310

10

8

9

10

1

79

91

605

From temporary accommodation

Hostel (unsupported)

1

6

1

0

0

0

0

40

7

5

3

4

0

22

28

117

Bed & Breakfast

5

5

0

0

0

0

0

30

10

11

1

3

0

21

20

106

Caravan/mobile home

4

23

4

0

0

4

0

30

13

9

4

5

3

24

70

193

Long-term roofless

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

34

1

9

1

1

0

23

87

157

Long-term "sofa-surfing"

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

37

10

28

3

2

11

146

108

346

Other

Other

14

53

10

0

53

2

2

166

43

51

14

17

4

110

187

726

Not Known/Refused

53

109

24

0

0

4

8

30

142

157

12

21

20

508

722

1,810

Notes: All applications between 1 st April and 30 September 2008. These questions were introduced on 1 st April 2007 and some Local Authorities were not able to supply this information.

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