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Stastical Bulletin Housing Series: Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland 1987-88 to 1997-88: National and Local Authority Analyses: HSG/1999/3

 

Reason for loss of accommodation 1997-98, all applicant households

Table 15

Percentage
Area

Number of applicant households in 1997-981

Friends or r elatives no longer willing or able to accommodate

Dispute with spouse or cohabitee

Court order

Loss of service tenancy

Action by landlord

Expiry of short assured tenancies

Emergency(fire, flood storm etc.),

Discharged from institution

Lost accom modation in hostel lodging, house/hotel -

Gave up secure accom- modation

Over-crowding

Other reasons

Violent

Non violent

Rent arrears

Mortgage default

Other
Scotland

43,100

37

12

12

1

2

1

1

7

1

1

4

6

4

-

11

Aberdeen City

1,718

31

14

13

2

2

-

1

8

-

1

2

2

6

1

17

Aberdeenshire

1,055

34

13

16

2

5

-

3

13

2

1

2

1

5

-

3

Angus

953

24

7

24

1

1

-

1

11

3

1

3

-

6

4

13
Argyll & Bute

407

37

12

8

1

3

-

2

15

1

1

3

3

5

-

8
Clackmannanshire

556

36

19

18

-

2

-

-

7

-

1

2

-

2

-

13

Dumfries & Galloway

1,113

31

10

12

1

3

1

3

14

2

1

5

6

7

-

5

Dundee City

1,105

33

17

9

3

1

-

-

5

2

2

4

6

1

4

13

East Ayrshire

759

42

14

10

-

2

1

1

9

1

1

2

2

6

-

9

East Dunbartonshire

428

38

19

22

-

3

-

-

9

-

-

-

-

5

-

2

East Lothian

985

35

10

15

1

3

1

1

11

1

-

1

1

8

-

9

East Renfrewshire

216

47

12

13

-

4

1

-

8

1

1

2

-

3

-

6

Edinburgh, City of

3,781

43

18

10

1

2

-

1

7

1

-

4

6

4

-

4

Eilean Siar

171

50

9

9

-

4

-

-

18

1

1

5

-

3

1

1

Falkirk

1,065

11

6

3

-

1

-

-

2

-

-

1

-

1

-

75

Fife

2,825

36

13

13

1

4

1

1

12

-

1

2

2

6

-

8

Glasgow City

11,022

36

9

11

-

1

-

-

3

-

-

7

15

3

-

15

Highland

987

29

14

17

2

3

-

4

13

1

1

3

2

6

2

3

Inverclyde

354

49

19

6

1

1

1

-

5

1

 3

 5
 2
 6
 1
 3
Midlothian

370

51

18

5

-

3

1

1

7

-

1

1

1

6

-

5
Moray

402

27

7

13

1

4

1

2

27

-

2

3

2

3

-

5
North Ayrshire

882

47

15

9

1

2

-

-

13

1

2

3

1

3

-

3

North Lanarkshire

1,813

43

13

11

1

4

1

-

6

1

1

3

1

2

-

12

Orkney

94

20

15

10

-

2

-

1

20

1

-

4

3

11

1

12

Perth & Kinross

512

36

12

10

1

2

1

2

19

1

1

1

1

1

-

14
Renfrewshire

654

38

22

18

1

2

-

-

5

1

-

4

1

6

-

2

Scottish Borders, The

609

38

11

19

-

2

-

1

10

1

-

2

-

5

1

9

Shetland

148

28

20

15

1

1

1

2

13

2

1

3

2

6

-

6

South Ayrshire

833

45

11

8

-

1

1

2

12

-

-

6

2

7

-

5
South Lanarkshire

1,906

44

13

16

1

4

1

-

7

-

1

2

1

2

-

8

Stirling

911

42

11

15

1

2

-

1

6

1

1

4

2

5

-

9

West Dunbartonshire

588

37

25

14

1

2

1

1

2

-

2

3

1

2

-

10
West Lothian

967

39

10

10

13

4

1

-

6

1

-

2

2

3

1

6

See Notes on Tables - page 13.
1. The Scotland figure is based on the total number of applications. The individual local authority figures are based on the numbers of individual case returns received, and therefore do not sum to the Scotland total given

 

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