Households initially assessed as owed a homelessness prevention or relief duty, Q2 2019 to Q1 2025

A line chart from the Institute for Government of households initially assessed as owed a prevention or relief duty, Q2 2019 to Q1 2025 where demand starts at roughly 70,000, dips in 2020, and slowly starts rising in 2021 to a peak of 84,000 duties in Q3 2024. Demand has since fallen slightly, to 82,000 in the most recent quarter.
Source: Institute for Government analysis of MHCLG, 'Statutory homelessness in England', Q3 2018 to Q1 2025.Notes: Uses rolling four-quarterly averages to smooth seasonal fluctuations. Does not include households owed a relief duty as a result of a prevention duty ending. Quarters are calendar quarters. Analysis covers England only.Get the dataEmbed Download image
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