UK Local Authority Homelessness Decisions and Accommodation Statistics

Local authorities' actions under the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts are recorded, including decisions on household eligibility and priority need. The dataset likely contains statistics on households in temporary accommodation and those accepted as owed a main homelessness duty. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government data was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze disparities in homelessness acceptance rates based on ethnicity mentioned in the description
• Model the demand for different types of temporary accommodation based on statistics about households in temporary accommodation
• Track local authority performance in handling homelessness applications based on total decisions and eligibility findings
• Assess the prevalence of 'intentional homelessness' determinations based on the described category

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Covers multiple specific decision categories described, such as households found eligible but not in priority need
• Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:33:03.753645

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 bias inherent to uk_data, focusing on UK local authorities

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected from UK local authorities under statutory duties.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:03.753645; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom, by local authority district