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Behind the Statistics 2018-19: Why do people become homeless?

By: Shelter Scotland
Published: December 2019

Behind the Stats: Why do people become homeless?

The most common reason given for why a household applies as homeless is that the applicant was asked to leave.

Relationship breakdown is another key reason.

Applicants from the private rented sector represent 17% of all homeless applications.

6% of all households assessed as homeless had already been assessed as homeless within 2018-19.