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Households owed a homelessness duty, England

Households that councils in England assessed as owed a duty to prevent or relieve their homelessness, each quarter since the Homelessness Reduction Act took effect in April 2018.

Households owed a duty

83,850

Q1 2026 · provisional

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:15 UTC
Owed a prevention or relief duty
020k40k60k80k100kQ2 2018Q3 2019Q4 2020Q1 2022Q2 2023Q3 2024Q1 2026

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

32 rows

CategoryOwed a prevention or relief duty
Q2 201862,290
Q3 201868,990
Q4 201864,830
Q1 201973,400
Q2 201971,000
Q3 201973,820
Q4 201968,520
Q1 202076,460
Q2 202065,240
Q3 202070,950
Q4 202064,010
Q1 202170,360
Q2 202167,860
Q3 202169,390
Q4 202166,630
Q1 202276,050
Q2 202271,300
Q3 202275,610
Q4 202271,290
Q1 202382,700
Q2 202376,530
Q3 202381,400
Q4 202380,790
Q1 202488,690
Q2 202485,090
Q3 202483,530
Q4 202478,340
Q1 202585,650
Q2 202580,620
Q3 202583,150
Q4 202577,940
Q1 202683,850

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Source and licence

Publisher
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Check it yourself
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
31 October 2026, 11:12 UTC
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:15 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:15 UTC; 32 of 32 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:12:01Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures32 of 32 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers32 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure32 of 32 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2026 Q1 ended 214 days before retrieval (limit 250), from Statutory homelessness England level time series "live tables"
PassDetailed local authority files agree2 of 2 figures match the England row of the detailed files for October to December 2025 (revised), January to March 2026 (not compared: 2025 Q2 (layout not recognised), 2025 Q3 (layout not recognised))
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Quarters are calendar quarters; the latest is provisional.