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Statutory homelessness, January to March 2016, and homelessness prevention and relief 2015/16: England
Housing Statistical Release 30 June 2016
This publication provides information on the number of households that reported being unintentionally homeless (or threatened with homelessness) to their local authority and were offered housing assistance.
Local authorities accepted 14,780 households as being statutorily homeless between 1 January and 31 March 2016, up 2% on the previous quarter and 9% on the same quarter of last year. These are households that are owed a main homelessness duty to secure accommodation as a result of being unintentionally homeless and in priority need.
The total number of households in temporary accommodation on 31 March 2016 was 71,540, up 11 per cent on a year earlier, and up 49% on the low of 48,010 on 31 December 2010.
Local authorities took action to prevent homelessness for 198,100 households in 2015/16, down from 205,000 in 2014/15. A further 14,400 non-priority households were helped out of homelessness (relieved) by local authorities in 2015/16, down from 15,700 in 2014/15.
Introduction Decisions Acceptances Immediate outcome Temporary accommodation Leaving temporary accommodation Foreign nationals Prevention and relief Accompanying tables Definitions Technical notes Notes Enquiries
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