UK Local Authority Homelessness Decisions and Accommodation Statistics
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Description
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government data on local authorities' actions under the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts. The dataset includes statistics on households accepted as homeless and in priority need, decisions on eligibility, intentional homelessness, and temporary accommodation placements. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.
Use Cases
Analyze disparities in homelessness acceptance rates based on ethnicity data mentioned in the description.
Track the use and type of temporary accommodation provided by local authorities on the last day of the financial year.
Study the prevalence and characteristics of households found to be 'eligible and in priority need but intentionally homeless'.
Monitor outcomes for households where arrangements have been made for them to remain in their existing accommodation ('Homeless at Home').
Strengths
Data is sourced from the authoritative UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Covers multiple specific statutory categories defined by the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts.
Includes breakdowns by ethnicity and type of temporary accommodation.
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 institutional bias inherent to uk_data collection.
Provenance
Source
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Collection Method
Likely administrative data collected from local housing authorities under statutory duties.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:34.263170; freshness should be verified.