When I first came to Scotland, I came to live rough. I was… told by the [charity] the only way I could access accommodation was to go to [local authority]… Unfortunately, when I got there, it was a bit of a scenario… because I never had such a thing as a local connection, they weren’t responsible for myself. Basically, they left me on the street.” (Male, 40-44, semi-rural)
Some ‘mobile’ interviewees had repeatedly come back to their home town despite not being able to clearly identify the reason for doing so:
“I’ve been about aye, because obviously when you’re in hostels and that, things happen and sometimes you’re kicked out and there’s nowhere for you to go and that, know what I mean? They’ll not get you anywhere else, so I’ve had times where I’ve had to go to [English city] to stay…but I always end up back in [this town] for some
