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  1. p.18 in: Scottish Executive (2005) Homes for Scotland's People; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/20793/53989 ; Scottish Executive (2005) Helping Homeless People: Homelessness Statement, Ministerial Statement on Abolition of Priority Need by 2012 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/21133010/30107
  2. Scottish Executive Homelessness Task Force (2002) Helping Homeless People: an action plan for prevention and effective response; Edinburgh: Scottish Executive http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/housing/htff.pdf; Scottish Executive (2004) Helping Homeless People, Delivering the action plan for prevention and effective response http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/01/18820/32288
  3. Scottish Executive (2002) Guidance on Homelessness Strategies http://www.ghn.org.uk/keyinfo/housing/legislation/segh.pdf
  4. Scottish Executive (2005) Homelessness and the Abolition of Priority Need by 2012: A summary of consultation responses; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/20142739/27399
  5. George Street Research (2003) Rough Sleepers Initiative - Monitoring the target of ending the need to sleep rough by 2003, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2003/12/18637 Fitzpatrick, S., Pleace, N. and Bevan, M. (2005) Final Evaluation of the Rough Sleepers Initiative; Edinburgh: Scottish Executive http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/20886/54982
  6. Scottish Executive (2002) Guidance on Homelessness Strategies http://www.ghn.org.uk/keyinfo/housing/legislation/segh.pdf
  7. Other important changes under the 2001 Act included (a) establishing a local authority obligation to provide temporary accommodation for 'non-priority' homeless applicants while their case is assessed and for a "reasonable" time to provide the applicant an opportunity to find alternative accommodation, and (b) amending the definition of 'threatened with homelessness' to cover those expected to lose accommodation within two months (rather than, as previously, 28 days).
  8. Scottish Executive (2006) Housing Trends in Scotland, Quarter ending 31 March 2006 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/08/29091939/0
  9. Scottish Executive (2003) Housing Trends in Scotland, Quarter ending 31 March 2003 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2003/07/17836/23681
  10. See Scottish Executive press notice: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2006/09/04114628
  11. Para 2.1 in: Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
  12. Our work here built on the existing Communities Scotland report discussing lessons from LA homelessness inspections and which was based on the first five LAs included in the programme. Communities Scotland (2005) Key Lessons from Inspections: Homelessness; http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/cs_009118.pdf
  13. Scottish Executive Homelessness Task Force (2002) Helping Homeless People: an action plan for prevention and effective response; Edinburgh: Scottish Executive http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/housing/htff.pdf
  14. Data for most authorities was, unfortunately, current for 2005 rather than 2006 - see para 1.13. However, the remainder of this chapter also draws on data from our telephone survey as undertaken in summer 2006.
  15. Scottish Executive Quarterly Housing Trends bulletins http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/14844/1762
  16. See paras 44-47 in: Scottish Executive (2006) Homelessness Statement, Ministerial Statement on Abolition of Priority Need by 2012 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/21133010/30107.
    Also: Inside Housing, 1 September 2006; Scottish rehousing drive courts the private sector http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article.aspx?articleid=1448021
  17. As noted in Chapter 1, Scottish legislation envisages changes to this framework to be phased in by 2012. In addition to abolishing the distinction between 'priority' and 'non-priority' homelessness, for example, investigating 'intentionality' will be transformed from a duty to a power, whilst 'local connection' provisions are likely to be suspended to some degree in 2007. At the time of the research, however, the four tests as detailed here continued to apply.
  18. Communities Scotland (2005) Key Lessons from Inspections: Homelessness; http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/cs_009118.pdf
  19. Scottish Executive (2006) Provision of HL1 case based data from 1 April 2007 - Guidance notes http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/15257/HL1revisions
  20. Scottish Executive (2006) Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2005-06 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/149558/0039817.pdf
  21. Para 9.41 in: Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
  22. Figure 1 in: Scottish Executive (2006) Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2005-06 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/149558/0039817.pdf
  23. Ibid - See Table 16
  24. It should be borne in mind here that the HL1 data will not provide a comprehensive record of all actions undertaken by local authorities to assist households experiencing housing difficulties. As noted earlier in this chapter, at least one large LA does not record approaches from households via the HL1 system if the local authority initially judges that it has no reason to believe that they may be homeless.
  25. Arranging a Short Assured Tenancy is one way that a local authority can perform its statutory duties in respect of an unintentionally homeless household in priority need. Legally, however, it cannot, discharge its statutory rehousing duty towards such a household by arranging a tenancy of this kind. Unlike an offer of Scottish Secure Tenancy in social housing such an offer could be freely refused by an applicant without prejudicing the applicant's right to an acceptable alternative tenancy offer. See para 9.76 in: Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
  26. ODPM (2003c) Reducing B&B Use and Tackling Homelessness - What's Working; London: ODPMhttp://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_homelessness/documents/downloadable/odpm_home_023711.pdf
  27. Pawson, H., Netto, G., Jones, C., Wager, F., Fancy, C. and Lomax, D. (forthcoming 2007) Evaluating Homelessness Prevention; Department for Communities & Local Government website
  28. Para 4.6 in: Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness; Edinburgh: Scottish Executive http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
  29. Communities Scotland (2005) Key Lessons from Inspections: Homelessness; http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/cs_009118.pdf
  30. Pawson, H., Netto, G., Jones, C., Wager, F., Fancy, C. and Lomax, D. (forthcoming 2007) Evaluating Homelessness Prevention; Department for Communities & Local Government website
  31. ODPM (2005) Survey of English Local Authorities About Homelessness - Policy Briefing 13 http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1162473
  32. Jardine, L. and Bilton, K. (2006) Knowledge, Understanding and Views of Homelessness amongst Service Providers; Scottish Executive Development Department Research Findings 221/2006 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/06142528/0
  33. Pawson, H., Netto, G. and Jones, C. (2006) Preventing Homelessness: A Guide to Good Practice; London: Department for Communities & Local Government http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/462/HomelessnessPreventionAGuidetoGoodPractice_id1500462.pdf
  34. Strictly speaking, HomePoint is not a "standard". It provides support to help LAs and other providers of advice and information meet the National Standards.
  35. Homepoint (2000) The Scottish National Standards and Good Practice Guidance for Housing Information and Advice Services: http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/hpcs_009126.hcsp#TopOfPage
  36. Although, from the perspective of the agency and the service user, such an outcome would clearly have been a 'positive' one.
  37. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2005) Best Value Performance Indicator 213: Housing Advice - Preventing Homelessness; ODPM guidance http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/776/BVPI213onPreventionofHomelessnessthroughHousingAdvicePDF184Kb_id1149776.pdf viewed 17/08/06
  38. Scottish Executive (2006) Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2005-06 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/149558/0039817.pdf
  39. Pawson, H., Netto, G., Jones, C., Wager, F., Fancy, C. and Lomax, D. (forthcoming 2007) Evaluating Homelessness Prevention; Department for Communities & Local Government website
  40. Unless it was deemed that loss of accommodation resulted from a 'deliberate act' on the part of the individual in which case they might be assessed as 'intentionally homeless'.
  41. Note that Renfrewshire Council's policy on 'vulnerability on the grounds of youth' encompassed all homeless applicants aged under 26.
  42. It should be noted that local authorities have discretion to operate vulnerability rules which, as a matter of policy, encompass broader groups than those specified under the legislation. Hence, Renfrewshire, for example, has for some years categorised all single homeless adults aged 18-26 as 'vulnerable on the grounds of youth'
  43. See para 9.77 in: Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
  44. Pawson, H., Netto, G., Jones, C., Wager, F., Fancy, C. and Lomax, D. (forthcoming 2007) Evaluating Homelessness Prevention; Department for Communities & Local Government website
  45. Para 9.76 in: Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
  46. According to Section 11 of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 where a landlord raises proceedings for possession of a dwellinghouse, the landlord must give notice of the raising of the proceedings to the local authority in whose area the dwellinghouse is situated. In theory, this should allow LAs to provide advice and assistance to prevent eviction and avoid homelessness. See Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2003/20030010.htm#aofs for specific details.
  47. Pawson, H., Netto, G., Jones, C., Wager, F., Fancy, C. and Lomax, D. (forthcoming 2007) Evaluating Homelessness Prevention; Department for Communities & Local Government website
  48. See, for example: Torr, G. (2002) An evaluation of the effectiveness of a tenancy support service Housing Corporation: London http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/upload/pdf/evaltss.pdf
  49. Data aggregated from the following publication and others bulletins in this series: Scottish Executive (2003) Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter Ending 31 March 2003 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2003/07/17836/23681
  50. The HL1 definition of repeat homelessness makes no distinction between applicants in terms of the outcome of their previous or most recent presentation. This contrasts with the narrower 'repeat homelessness' measure recently established in England which counts only households assessed as priority homeless cases in respect of both in their former and most recent presentations.

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