| Year |
2000 |
| Reasons |
No. |
% |
below 60 |
% |
60 or over |
% |
| Personal
Choice | 138 |
23.3 |
79 |
2.3 |
49 |
29.3 |
| Could
not find accomodation with affordable rent |
129 |
21.8 |
88 |
22.6 |
34 |
20.4 |
| Became
unemployed and had no income to pay rent in previous accomodation |
88 |
14.8 |
65 |
16.7 |
16 |
9.6 |
| Had
relationship problems with family members/ tenants |
78 |
13.2 |
64 |
16.5 |
10 |
6.0 |
| Homeless
after discharge from hospital/ pirson/ Drug Addiction Treatment Centre |
53 |
8.9 |
47 |
12.1 |
5 |
3.0 |
| More
convenient for daily life/ work | 29 |
4.9 |
10 |
2.6 |
16 |
9.6 |
| Evicted
or rejected by landlord | 23 |
3.9 |
9 |
2.3 |
12 |
7.2 |
| Previous
accomodation demolished | 18 |
3.0 |
6 |
1.5 |
11 |
6.6 |
| Previous
accomodation provided by others and was no longer available |
15 |
2.5 |
6 |
1.5 |
9 |
5.4 |
| Could
save money | 11 |
1.9 |
8 |
2.1 |
2 |
1.2 |
| Previous
accomodation was too crowdy | 6 |
1.0 |
3 |
0.8 |
2 |
1.2 |
| Street
sleeping was preferred to living with others |
5 |
0.8 |
4 |
1.0 |
1 |
0.6 |
| Total |
593 |
100.0 |
389 |
100.0 |
167 |
100.0 |
