Homelessness in Scotland
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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.[1]
According to Shelter[2], 59,069 households made homeless applications to their local council in Scotland in 2006/07 of which 41,123 were accepted by their local authority as homeless or potentially homeless. This figure represents as increase of 26.5 per cent since 1997/98.
[edit] References
- ^ Homelessness statistics in Scotland:2006-07 > Part 1 The Scottish Government Publications, accessed March 30th 2008
- ^ Homelessness facts and research Shelter 28th November 2007
