The number of homeless households the council houses in its own properties or those of housing associations — ordinary self-contained homes the council already controls, generally the cheapest and most settled form of temporary accommodation. A high count here is relatively good news within a bad situation: families get a real front door instead of a B&B room. A low count means the council must buy expensive space from the private market instead.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | metropolitan | 2,235 | 1st highest of 36 |
| Southwark | london | 1,730 | 1st highest of 33 |
| Newham | london | 1,704 | 2nd highest of 33 |
| Wandsworth | london | 1,474 | 3rd highest of 33 |
| Greenwich | london | 886 | 4th highest of 33 |
| Tower Hamlets | london | 734 | 5th highest of 33 |
| Barnet | london | 637 | 6th highest of 33 |
| Hillingdon | london | 582 | 7th highest of 33 |
| Brent | london | 571 | 8th highest of 33 |
| Islington | london | 517 | 9th highest of 33 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merton | london | 0 | 32nd highest of 33 |
| Middlesbrough | unitary | 0 | 54th highest of 59 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | unitary | 0 | 54th highest of 59 |
| Halton | unitary | 0 | 54th highest of 59 |
| York | unitary | 0 | 54th highest of 59 |
| South Gloucestershire | unitary | 0 | 54th highest of 59 |
| Cheshire East | unitary | 0 | 54th highest of 59 |
| City of London | london | 0 | 32nd highest of 33 |
| Broxbourne | district | 0 | 150th highest of 156 |
| East Hertfordshire | district | 0 | 150th highest of 156 |
| name | ta_la_ha_stock_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 18 'Households in LA or HA stockTotal' |
| 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 | Cheap-supply mix component; the share version is the analytical variable. |
| calculated | ../calculated/ta-la-ha-stock-total.csv |
| calculated_rows | 575 |
| calculated_periods | 2025-26-Q3 to 2025-26-Q4 |
| calculated_date | 2026-08-13 |
| peer_group | districts (n=164), unitaries (n=62), metropolitan boroughs (n=36), London boroughs (n=33) — context variable, excluded from leaderboard scoring |
Households in TA within the council's or a housing association's own stock at quarter end — the cheapest TA type. High use suggests the council can meet its duty from stable, low-cost supply rather than the spot market. Availability depends on whether the council retains its own stock.