HSSA: UK Local Authority Housing Strategy Data

The Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) is a statistical return submitted by UK local authorities to support annual housing strategies. It contains policy-oriented data on dwelling stock, waiting lists, lettings, homelessness, and affordable housing provision. The dataset is published by the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in affordable housing provision based on policy data mentioned in the description
• Comparing local authority performance on homelessness and waiting lists using the statistical return data
• Modeling the relationship between capital expenditure and dwelling stock changes described in the HSSA
• Tracking the implementation of private sector housing renewal assistance programs across authorities

Strengths

• Data is collected from all UK local authorities, providing a national scope
• Covers a wide range of housing policy areas as listed in the description, including multiple tenures
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, which permits reuse

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the UK government collection

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Statistical return submitted by UK local authorities

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:20.744467; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom (local authority level)