The number of homeless households the council is putting up in bed and breakfasts — emergency accommodation like B&Bs used because they have nowhere to live, and the most expensive and most disruptive option there is. Families share bathrooms, cannot cook, and pay-by-the-night rates drain council budgets. A high count means the council leans heavily on this last resort; low (ideally zero) means it can offer something better.
| name | ta_bnb_total |
|---|---|
| dataset | 06-hclic-temporary-accommodation |
| kind | extracted |
| type | count |
| unit | households |
| grain | local authority (England) |
| role | outcome |
| source | data/Statutory_Homelessness_Detailed_Local_Authority_Data_202603.ods, sheet TA1, col 7 'Households in B&Bs including shared annexesTotal' |
| period | Quarter-end snapshot, 31 March 2026 (Q4 FY2025-26); quarterly series from 2018 Q2; same columns in 202512_revised and 2024-25 annual files |
| missingness | Small counts rounded and some values suppressed; some LAs miss or partially complete H-CLIC returns and are imputed/flagged by MHCLG (see Notes sheet); previous-quarter figures routinely revised. |
| score_note | Costliest-type count straight from TA1, but the share version carries the comparison. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Households in bed-and-breakfast accommodation (including shared annexes) at quarter end — the most expensive and lowest-quality TA type. Heavy B&B use signals a council failing to procure better placements. Snapshot; small counts rounded.