Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick Heriot-Watt University.

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Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick Heriot-Watt University

The Broader Policy Context for Homelessness in Scotland Presentation to Beyond Homelessness: Putting Research into Practice, by Suzanne Fitzpatrick, 24 th January 2011

The UK homelessness legislation is unique  Often there is a constitutional ‘right to housing’, but unenforceable –a ‘political marker of concern’  There are enforceable rights to emergency shelter in some European countries; always confined to roofless households  French ‘DALO’ (2007) attempted to establish a legally-enforceable right to housing for social housing applicants (including homeless people) who experience ‘an abnormally long delay’ – but vague and complex = No other country outside UK provides homeless people with clear, legally-enforceable rights to permanent or settled housing

Legislative and policy divergence within UK  Intense period of policy activity on homelessness since devolution - particularly in Scotland (Homelessness Task Force) and England (Homelessness Directorate)  Legislative framework has now diverged across the UK: Scotland has a far stronger statutory safety net than elsewhere (the 2001 and 2003 Acts and 2012 target; Human Rights awards)  Homelessness prevention has had a major (and controversial) impact in England and Wales - much less so in Scotland and N.I. thus far

Homelessness prevention  England Act - homelessness strategies target to halve households in TA by end ‘housing options’ - PRS, family mediation, sanctuary schemes, tenancy support, etc -massive drop in homelessness acceptances - ‘gatekeeping’?  Wales – similar approach and results to England  Scotland- cautious, limited and experimental in comparison, but now changing…  N.I. – just coming onto the agenda

Impact of homelessness prevention in England by 2009/10  Homelessness prevention activity outside statutory framework (‘cases where positive action was successful in preventing or relieving homelessness’) -165,200 cases -61% involved the household being assisted to obtain alternative accommodation (usually PRS) -39% were assisted to remain in their existing home  Statutory homelessness ‘acceptances’ – 40,030 cases (70% down on 2003 peak) = almost as many homelessness acceptances in Scotland (36,643) as in the whole of England (40,030)

What is happening in England now?  Homelessness acceptance starting to rise again – last 2 quarters  Localism Bill – local control over access to waiting lists; end of security of tenure for social tenants?; ‘compulsory’ discharge of duty into PRS fixed-term tenancies  Welfare reform – LHA, HB and Shared Room Rate (25-35 year olds); will restrict use of PRS to prevent homelessness/discharge duty

Policy changing rapidly in Scotland  2012 target and shortage of social housing lets; can’t ‘build way out’  Discharge of duty into PRS ‘short assured tenancies’ – ‘settled housing’  ‘Housing options’ – seems muted in Fresh Thinking, New Ideas, but shift towards robust prevention; national seminar and funding for regional hubs; concerns over gatekeeping, but Scottish Housing Regulator has given ‘green light’  Housing (Scotland) Act new duty to assess housing support needs  Broader context – public funding cuts; Supporting People; constraints in new housing supply; HB/LHA/SRR

Conclusions  Funding cuts = very challenging time for housing and homelessness  But new emphasis on prevention and housing options = opportunity for more creative ‘problem solving’ than in the past  Social networks a key dimension of prevention and re-integration, e.g. Glasgow hostel closure study (under/over 50s)  Social networks relevant to new housing support duty?