This is simply the number of low-cost rental homes (ordinary social rented homes) the council owns. It is the size of the landlord, not a performance score. It matters mainly for context: it tells you whether you are looking at a landlord with a few thousand homes or tens of thousands, and it is the denominator used to make other figures (like repairs or complaints per home) comparable between councils of different sizes.
| name | tsm_homes_lcra |
|---|---|
| dataset | 10-tenant-satisfaction-measures |
| kind | extracted |
| type | count |
| unit | count |
| grain | landlord-year |
| role | denominator |
| source | `data/TSM_2025_Full_Data/TSM_2025_Full_Data - File 04 - Management_info.csv`, column `RP01_Denominator` |
| period | 2024/25 (year to 31 March 2025) |
| missingness | Stock-transfer (LSVT) councils are absent — they own no stock, so absence is structural, not missing data. Only large landlords (1,000+ social homes) report; Files 05/06 list excluded landlords. CH01/CH02 also have `_LCHO`/`_COMB` variants in File 04 — landlords reporting combined tenures carry values in the `_COMB` columns, so check variants before treating a value as missing. |
| score_note | Stock size — a denominator/control, not an efficiency outcome, but uniquely useful. |
| peer_group | registered landlords (RSH-regulated, 1,000+ homes) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Number of homes assessed for the Decent Homes Standard (RP01 denominator, File 04), usable as a general stock-size denominator for per-home rates. It is the assessed base, not necessarily total owned stock, so treat as an approximation.