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Homelessness - Lets to homeless

High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Monday, May 19, 2008

Lets to homeless households

The proportion of lets to homeless households is a key indicator in measuring local authorities' capacity to respond to the 2012 commitment to remove the priority need test in homelessness legislation. While the number of local authority lets overall have been falling over the past couple of years, the proportion of lets to homeless have increased, with the latest figures confirming the observed upward trend: in 2006-07, 34% of all local authority lettings were to homeless households, compared to 17% for 2001-02.

Lets to homeless08

Source:Scottish Government Communities Analytical Services (Housing Statistics)

Note: Figures do not include councils with complete stock transfers.

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Page updated: Monday, May 19, 2008