Homelessness in England: Households in Temporary Accommodation, 2000-2008

Over eight years of official statistics track homelessness across England's local authorities. The dataset includes counts of homeless acceptances, households in temporary and bed-and-breakfast accommodation, and related proportions and durations. Data originates from the UK's Communities and Local Government department and is published by the Office for National Statistics via Neighbourhood Statistics.

Use Cases

• Tracking trends in homeless acceptances over time based on the annual time series from 2000/01 to 2008/09
• Comparing the burden of homelessness across regions based on Local Authority District and Government Office Region geographies
• Analyzing the use and duration of bed-and-breakfast accommodations based on the mean length of stay variable
• Assessing local authority performance in housing priority-need households based on the count of dwellings let to such households

Strengths

• Covers a nine-year period from 2000/01 to 2008/09, providing a longitudinal view
• Includes multiple calculated metrics, such as proportions and mean lengths of stay, derived from official sources
• Geographic coverage spans all Local Authority Districts and Government Office Regions in England

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is over 15 years old as of the last metadata update; freshness should be verified for contemporary analysis
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling

Provenance

Source

Communities and Local Government (CLG), published by Neighbourhood Statistics/Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected by local authorities and aggregated nationally.

Time Range

2000/01 to 2008/09

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:12.161203; freshness should be verified

Geography

England, at Local Authority District, Government Office Region, and National levels