Homelessness in Scotland
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The Scottish parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

 passed the Homelessness Etc (Scotland) Act 2003 which has an aim of ensuring that by 2012 everyone assessed as being unintentionally homeless will be entitled to permanent accommodation. In addition, the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order came into force in December 2004 and requires councils to ensure that pregnant women and households with children are not placed in unsuitable temporary accommodation, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

According to Shelter
Shelter (charity)
Shelter is a registered charity in England and Scotland that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people in need, and tackles the root causes of bad housing by lobbying government and local authorities for new laws and policies to improve the...

, in 2009-10, 56,669 households made homeless applications to their local council in Scotland. This is a 1.6 per cent decrease on the number of households who made homeless applications in 2008-09. Of these, 42,207 households were accepted by their local authority as homeless or potentially homeless, and 36,067 of those households, were assessed as in priority need. The number of households accepted as homeless or potentially homeless has increased by 26 per cent since 1999-2000.

according to [Shelter (charity)|Shelter]],

The main reasons why people become homeless in Scotland are:
dispute within household 28%
asked to leave accommodation 26%
as a result of action by landlord or lender 13%
harassment or non-domestic violence 5%
discharge from hospital, prison or care 5%

See also

  • Homelessness
    Homelessness
    Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are unable or unwilling to acquire and maintain regular, safe, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence." The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country...

  • Impotent poor
  • Poor laws
  • Vagrancy (people)
    Vagrancy (people)
    A vagrant is a person in poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular employment or income.-Definition:A vagrant is "a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging;" vagrancy is the condition of such persons.-History:In...

  • Deinstitutionalisation
    Deinstitutionalisation
    Deinstitutionalization or deinstitutionalization is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health service for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability. Deinstitutionalization can have multiple definitions; the first...

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