The Local Council Report / Temporary accommodation / Own stock share of TA · markdown view

Own stock share of TA

ratio (0–1) · constructed · local authority (England)

Of all the households the council houses in temporary accommodation, this is the fraction placed in the council's or housing associations' own properties — proper self-contained homes the council already controls, usually the cheapest and most stable option. A high share means the council can absorb homeless families into its own stock; a low share means it must buy space from B&Bs and private landlords at much higher cost.

councils
284
median
0.41
q1
0.2
q3
0.63
min
0
max
1

Distribution

00.96

Worst 10

CouncilClassValueIn its class
Mertonlondon02nd worst of 33
Middlesbroughunitary06th worst of 59
Stockton-on-Teesunitary06th worst of 59
Haltonunitary06th worst of 59
Yorkunitary06th worst of 59
South Gloucestershireunitary06th worst of 59
Cheshire Eastunitary06th worst of 59
City of Londonlondon02nd worst of 33
Broxbournedistrict07th worst of 156
East Hertfordshiredistrict07th worst of 156

Best 10

CouncilClassValueIn its class
Isles of Scillyunitary11st best of 59
North East Derbyshiredistrict11st best of 156
Three Riversdistrict0.972nd best of 156
Mansfielddistrict0.963rd best of 156
Ashfielddistrict0.954th best of 156
Central Bedfordshireunitary0.942nd best of 59
Telford & Wrekinunitary0.943rd best of 59
Stevenagedistrict0.945th best of 156
Gedlingdistrict0.936th best of 156
Dacorumdistrict0.927th best of 156

Definition

nameown_stock_share_of_ta
dataset06-hclic-temporary-accommodation
kindconstructed
typeratio
unitratio (0–1)
grainlocal authority (England)
rolefeature
sourceta_la_ha_stock_total ÷ ta_households_total (TA1 cols 18 and 2)
periodQuarter-end snapshot, 31 March 2026 (Q4 FY2025-26); quarterly series from 2018 Q2; same columns in 202512_revised and 2024-25 annual files
missingnessInherited from inputs: exclude England/region rows; treat suppressed/imputed values as missing, not zero; use the same LA code vintage on both sides of any cross-dataset join (reorganised councils change codes); inputs carry the H-CLIC rounding/imputation caveats
score_noteCheap-supply proxy with real efficiency content, though structurally biased by stock transfer.
calculated../calculated/own-stock-share-of-ta.csv
calculated_rows572
calculated_periods2025-26-Q3 to 2025-26-Q4
calculated_date2026-08-13
peer_groupdistricts (n=164), unitaries (n=62), metropolitan boroughs (n=36), London boroughs (n=33) — scored within each class against its median/IQR

Share of TA met from the council's own or housing-association stock — a proxy for cheap, stable supply. Higher shares generally mean lower unit costs and better placement quality. Structurally constrained for councils that transferred their stock, so compare within similar stock-holding groups.