Summary figures of 1) all homelessness applications to local authorities each financial year in Scotland, 2) the total number of these assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness.

The data was extracted into a CSV file from the Homelessness Services Resource Directory which can be found here. Homelessness is a broader issue as it encompasses lots of factors ranging from accommodation needs of an individual, health issues, money and legal advice, employment and so on. These issues are all addressed in a holistic and integrated way to prevent homelessness occurring. The data here is designed to empower people to gain employment while giving them the skills, attitude and confidence to gain and maintain employment in the long run. It also includes a range of support services people faced with unemployment would benefit from. The services listed include Jobcentres, Skills Development Scotland and Specialist Homeless and Employability Services. Their respective contact details (name, address, telephone number, type of service, email address) and detailed service each organization covers are also included in the dataset. Data uploaded 2014-07-11T09:59:56 Data supplied by Glasgow City Council Licence: None job-centre.json - https://dataservices.open.glasgow.gov.uk/Download/Organisation/de0f1bfc-ed16-429a-b03c-6a63a178efb1/Dataset/db5b4913-6ac9-46ad-9e8d-512f0101fbe9/File/0acae914-262b-4701-8aff-92cc3c95cf26/Version/672427ac-7d44-462e-9cec-3e0bbd56b5c5