The number of homeless households the council houses in hostels — shared buildings with basic rooms, sitting between B&Bs and proper flats in cost and quality. Hostels give a roof but little privacy or normal family life. A high count means the council relies heavily on shared institutional housing; a low count means most households get somewhere more self-contained.
| name | ta_hostel_total |
|---|---|
| dataset | 06-hclic-temporary-accommodation |
| kind | extracted |
| type | count |
| unit | households |
| grain | local authority (England) |
| role | feature |
| source | data/Statutory_Homelessness_Detailed_Local_Authority_Data_202603.ods, sheet TA1, col 14 'Households in hostels, including reception centres…Total' |
| 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 | Minor mix component with modest cost signal and little standalone use. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Households placed in hostels, including reception centres and refuges, at quarter end. Part of the TA-type mix used to understand how a council meets its duty. Snapshot count subject to rounding/imputation.