High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, May 15, 2009
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 (in part due to large scale stock transfers to Housing Associations) the proportion of lets to homeless have increased, with the latest figures confirming the observed upward trend: in 2007-08, 39% of all local authority lettings were to homeless households, compared to 17% for 2001-02.
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Source:Scottish Government Communities Analytical Services (Housing Statistics)
Note: Figures do not include councils with complete stock transfers.
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