Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix: Local Authority Housing Data for England

The Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) is a statistical return submitted by local authorities in England to support their annual Housing Strategy. It contains policy-oriented data on all housing tenures within each local authority's geographical area, covering topics such as dwelling stock, waiting lists, lettings, and homelessness. The data was published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in affordable housing provision based on the 'Provision of Affordable Housing' data mentioned in the description.
• Modeling local authority capital expenditure and receipts based on the 'Capital Expenditure and Receipts' data mentioned in the description.
• Assessing the scale of private sector housing renewal needs based on the 'Private Sector Housing Renewal Assistance' data mentioned in the description.
• Tracking changes in dwelling stock and vacancy rates over time based on the 'Dwelling Stock and Vacants' data mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Covers a wide range of housing policy topics as listed in the description, including dwelling stock, waiting lists, and homelessness.
• Data is collected from all local authorities in England, providing a national perspective.
• The dataset has a specific license (OGL-UK-3.0) which clarifies terms of reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes this form was replaced by the Local Authority Housing Statistics, indicating it may be a legacy dataset.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Statistical return submitted by local authorities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:08.945188; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Local authorities in England