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Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: National and Local Authority Analyses 2005-06

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Supplementary tables

Table A Detailed reason for applying: 2005-06

Household type

All

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

Parents cannot accommodate

5,260

3,240

305

1,551

716

447

126

47

11,692

Relatives cannot accommodate

2,283

1,051

183

496

272

124

62

34

4,505

Friends cannot accommodate

2,660

980

169

301

189

68

56

18

4,441

Dispute with partner: violent

612

1,640

128

2,590

20

30

84

137

5,241

Dispute with partner: non-violent

3,064

897

732

1,761

32

18

63

116

6,683

Dispute with guardian: violent

237

350

3

124

27

14

18

9

782

Young and affected by violence (not directly)

25

25

2

8

7

2

1

.

70

Loss of local authority tenancy: arrears

264

99

18

129

19

47

9

15

600

Loss of local authority tenancy: anti-social

15

14

3

15

3

1

1

4

56

Loss of local authority tenancy: other

183

66

13

54

25

29

6

5

381

Loss of other social sector tenancy: arrears

160

77

5

77

18

28

11

16

392

Loss of other social sector tenancy: anti-social

29

11

.

9

5

1

1

1

57

Loss of other social sector tenancy: other

136

61

15

95

15

40

12

15

389

Loss of private tenancy: arrears

250

103

36

243

57

103

32

26

850

Loss of private tenancy: anti-social

39

21

5

24

9

5

2

.

105

Loss of private tenancy: other

955

517

123

855

283

472

107

106

3,418

Mortgage default

194

76

38

137

70

177

57

51

800

Forced division and sale (matrimonial)

159

90

54

367

19

19

43

32

783

Loss of service tenancy (armed forces)

120

48

8

26

70

75

18

13

378

Expiry of short assured tenancies

128

121

16

249

53

103

20

24

714

Emergency (fire, flood, storm etc.)

121

65

7

50

32

28

9

17

329

House condition (such as closing order)

36

16

2

23

11

20

4

1

113

Discharged from prison

2,497

151

52

23

50

6

4

4

2,787

Discharged from hospital

468

132

7

19

11

4

6

2

649

Lost accommodation in hostel/lodgings/hotel

811

178

4

14

39

4

3

1

1,054

Gave up secure accommodation

366

137

20

102

44

73

20

11

773

Overcrowding

67

73

21

131

32

86

6

19

435

Harassment: racial

20

7

3

15

6

18

4

2

75

Harassment: other

446

221

35

481

96

190

31

55

1,555

Fleeing non-domestic violence

520

188

51

413

111

177

29

57

1,546

Unsafe to return (none of the above)

156

112

11

176

35

50

13

18

571

Other

2,160

860

109

495

261

317

104

57

4,363

All reasons

24,441

11,627

2,178

11,053

2,637

2,776

962

913

56,587

Notes: Notes: All applications within period. Figures exclude Angus and Falkirk due to technical difficulties in submitting the HL1 data.

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