UK Local Authority Homelessness Decisions and Accommodation Statistics

Local authorities' actions under the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts, by district. The dataset includes statistics on households accepted as homeless and in priority need, total decisions on eligibility, and households in temporary accommodation. It is published by the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and was last updated on 2026-07 08.

Use Cases

• Analyzing disparities in homelessness acceptance rates based on ethnicity data mentioned in the description
• Tracking the use and type of temporary accommodation provided by local authorities
• Modeling local authority decision-making patterns regarding eligibility and priority need
• Assessing the prevalence of 'Homeless at Home' cases where households remain in their existing accommodation

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by local authority district, enabling geographic analysis
• Includes multiple decision categories (e.g., eligible but not homeless, intentionally homeless)
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, permitting reuse

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is provided in HTML format, which may require parsing for analysis

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Administrative data collected from local housing authorities under statutory duties

Time Range

Financial year periods (implied)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:15.447829

Geography

United Kingdom, by local authority district