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Statutory Homelessness: 1st Quarter (January - March) 2008, England

Published 12 June 2008
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Summary

The latest national statistics on Statutory Homelessness for the first quarter (January to March) 2008 were released on 12 June 2008 under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

The key points from the latest release are:

Household acceptances

  • 15,430 applicants were accepted as owed a main homelessness duty during the January to March quarter, 10 per cent lower than during the same period in 2007.
  • On a seasonally-adjusted basis, there were 15,300 acceptances, 3 per cent lower than the previous quarter.
  • During 2007-08 there were 63,170 acceptances, less than half of the total during the peak in 2003-04.

Households in temporary accommodation

  • 77,510 households were in temporary accommodation on 31 March 2008, 2.5 per cent lower than at the end of the previous quarter, and 11 per cent lower than the same date last year.
  • Temporary accommodation has now fallen for ten consecutive quarters, and is 23 per cent lower than the peak during 2004.
  • 87 per cent of households were in self-contained accommodation. 5 per cent were in bed and breakfast hotels.

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