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Ending Homelessness Together Monitor: strategic outcomes and indicators 2024
The Ending Homelessness Together (EHT) Monitor will measure the impact of the EHT action plan and demonstrate whether and where we are making progress toward ending homelessness in Scotland. The Monitor provides a reporting framework to measure progress on 10 structural and strategic outcomes.
Outcomes and Indicators
The EHT Monitor will measure progress toward 5 structural outcomes and 5 strategic outcomes. A related set of key indicators and data sources will combine to determine whether progress is being made.
| Strategic Outcome | Indicator | Monitor | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sufficient social and affordable homes | Reduction in the need for affordable housing. |
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Annual stock flow method of analysing affordable housing need in Scotland [ref 24: tbc] |
| Social housing starts and completions. |
|
Scottish Government Housing Statistics: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply [ref 1] | |
| Affordable housing starts and completions (AHSP grant supported). |
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Scottish Government Housing Statistics: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply [ref 1] | |
| Percentage of PRS homes affordable on LHA rates. |
|
Scottish Government Rent Service Scotland: Market Evidence [ref 16] | |
| Number of Empty Homes brought back into use as social or affordable housing. |
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Council tax data on number of empty homes which is collated by Scottish Government [ref 3] | |
| Number of tenancy abandonments from social housing. |
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Annual Return on the Charter: Scottish Housing Regulator [ref 4] | |
| Number of households on a social housing waiting list and proportion estimated to have a housing need. |
|
Annual Return on the Charter: Scottish Housing Regulator [ref 4] | |
| 2. Fewer households experience poverty which drives homelessness | Number of households experiencing poverty before and after housing costs and by housing tenure. |
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Scottish Government National Statistics: Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland [ref 2] |
| 3. Fewer children grow up in households experiencing low income and material disadvantage | The percentage of children who live in households experiencing low income and material deprivation. |
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Scottish Government National Statistics: Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland [ref 2] |
| 4. Fewer households experience a shortfall between income and housing costs. | The number of Scottish households in the rented sector whose rent shortfall is mitigated by Scottish Government's Discretionary Housing Payments. Data broken down by social, mid-market and private rental sectors. |
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Scottish Government Social Security Statistics: Discretionary Housing Payment [ref 20] |
| The number of Scottish households accessing the Scottish Welfare Fund and time taken from application to award. |
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Scottish Government Social Security Statistics: Scottish Welfare Fund [ref 23] | |
| 5. More public sector bodies ask about housing and act to prevent homelessness earlier. | Ratio of prevention duty cases to homeless duty cases. |
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Core dataset for the new prevention duties [ref 15: data source tbc] |
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