The least cause of homelessness in Scotland is "Not to do with applicant household" (e.g. landlord selling property, fire, harassment) with percentage not lower than 43% from 2007 to 2016.
Not to do with applicant household (e.g. landlord selling property, fire,
circumstances of other persons sharing previous property, harassment by others, etc) 49% 47% 48% 52% 51% 50% 47% 43% 44% Mental health reasons 10% 9% 8% 8% 9% 10% 13% 17% 29% Lack of support from friends/ family 19% 21% 22% 19% 18% 15% 15% 18% 18% Financial difficulties/ debt/ unemployment 21% 22% 21% 20% 20% 23% 20% 17% 16% Drug/ alcohol dependency 13% 12% 11% 11% 12% 13% 14% 16% 15% Criminal/ anti-social behaviour 8% 9% 9% 9% 11% 12% 14% 13% 13% Difficulties managing on own 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 8% 9% Physical health reasons 5% 5% 4% 4% 4% 4% 5% 8% 8% Unmet need for support from housing/ social work/ health services 4% 4% 3% 3% 2% 2% 3% 4% 4% 
