UK Local Authority Homelessness Decisions and Accommodation Statistics
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Description
Statistics from the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, last updated in July 2026, detail local authorities' actions under the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts. The data likely contains counts of households accepted as homeless, decisions on eligibility and priority need, and figures on temporary accommodation. It covers districts across the United Kingdom.
Use Cases
Analyzing disparities in homelessness acceptance rates based on ethnicity data mentioned in the description
Tracking the volume and outcomes of local authority homelessness decisions, including findings of intentional homelessness
Monitoring the use of temporary accommodation types by households at the end of the financial year
Evaluating the implementation of the 'Homeless at Home' duty where households remain in their existing accommodation
Strengths
Data is produced by the authoritative UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Covers multiple key homelessness metrics as listed in the description, such as eligibility, priority need, and temporary accommodation
Has a specific last updated timestamp of 2026-07-08 13:31:07.028729
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 uk_data sources
Provenance
Source
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Collection Method
Administrative data collected from local housing authorities under statutory duties