The Homeless Persons (Provision of Non-permanent Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Prescribed circumstances where non-permanent accommodation can be provided

4.  The circumstances referred to in regulation 3 are—

(a) a housing support services assessment has concluded that the applicant or any other person residing with that applicant currently requires a level of housing support services which makes permanent accommodation inappropriate; and

(b) as a result of that housing support services assessment, the local authority is providing the applicant and any person residing with that applicant with transitional accommodation together with–

(i) all services required in terms of the housing support services assessment and a record of the services to be provided;

(ii) access to independent advice and information services in connection with the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);

(iii) a timetable, agreed with the applicant, for the provision of the transitional accommodation and housing support services and a record of the timetable;

(iv) a review date for the provision of services and transitional accommodation, not later than six months from the date on which the transitional accommodation was first provided;

(v) an undertaking to provide permanent accommodation when a housing support services assessment identifies that this would be appropriate; and

(vi) a mechanism to monitor the use of transitional accommodation and the long term outcomes for the applicant.