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Intentionally Homeless
Currently, if a council finds that a homeless person is in priority need they have a duty to investigate if that person is intentionally homeless. Only a small fraction of homeless people are intentionally so.In the future, this duty will be changed into a power (through bringing into force section 4 of the 2003 Act) so that councils can choose not to investigate intentionality. This is because the assessment of whether someone is intentionally homeless can take a lot of time and effort - and may not be the best way of responding to that applicant's housing need.
Further changes will be made (through sections 5 and 6 of the 2003 Act) to ensure that everyone who is found to be intentionally homeless has access to support and assistance to help them overcome any problems and help sustain their tenancies.
If someone is intentionally homeless as a result of anti-social behaviour, then they will have access support and accommodation which has no tenancy rights.
If they are intentionally homeless but NOT as a result of anti-social behaviour they will have access to support and assistance and short Scottish Secure Tenancy (SST) - a six month tenancy. If they are able to sustain this tenancy, they will have the right at the end of the tenancy period to change it to a full SST.
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