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Households in temporary accommodation (England)
Part of the Housing and Household Formation domain. Number of households placed in temporary accommodation by local authorities in England, a direct indicator of acute housing system failure.
Latest data
Latest reading
Q1 2026
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
30Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Statutory homelessness & temporary accommodation
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- MHCLG
- Series ID
- households in temporary accommodation, England
- Frequency
- quarterly
- Accessed
- 13 August 2026
Known weakness
England-only administrative data; local authorities are the gatekeepers of the metric, so resource constraints affecting council capacity may suppress recorded numbers.
Notes
Verified official value from MHCLG (households in temporary accommodation, England), accessed 2026-08-13.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 48 | |
| 2011 | 48.9 | |
| 2012 | 53.1 | |
| 2013 | 56.9 | |
| 2014 | 61.9 | |
| 2015 | 69.1 | |
| 2016 | 75.7 | |
| 2017 | 79.7 | |
| 2018 | 83.5 | |
| 2019 | 88.3 | |
| 2020 | 95.1 | |
| 2021 | 96.3 | |
| 2022 | 101 | |
| 2023 | 113 | |
| 2024 | 128 | |
| 2025 | 134 | |
| Q1 2026 | 136 |