In August the Scottish Government placed some questions on social housing lists in an Ipsos Mori omnibus survey. The aim of this data is to get a better understanding of how many people are on a social housing list as administrative sources on housing lists have an unquantified amount of double counting as households can register for multiple lists.
As this data are collected using a survey there is an associated level of uncertainty with the estimates. More information in the levels of uncertainty can be found in the detailed tables
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The main points to emerge from new data are:
* It is estimated that 6 per cent of households contain someone who is currently on a social housing list. This equates to around 144,000 households
* Of those on a housing list 59 per cent are only on one list with 21 per cent on three or more lists
* Of those on a housing list 16 per cent are on the list as they want a larger house, 15 per cent because they are setting up a new household or are leaving the parental household, and only 6 per cent because they can't afford to stay where they currently are
* 40 per cent of those on a housing list, equating to approximately 58,000 households, say they have no other alternative for getting a house. Those who have considered other options have considered staying in their current property (10 per cent), renting from a private landlord (19 per cent), buying a property (10 per cent) or applying for shared ownership or a shared equity scheme (9 per cent)
(GK)
