This statistic shows the reasons why young people became homeless in England between September 2016 and August 2017. The most common reason was that parents or care-givers were no longer able or no longer willing to accommodate them, which accounted for ** percent of responses.

• The first aims to use the linked H-CLIC data from across local authorities to develop a better understanding of whether homelessness is resolved in the long term, particularly across local authority boundaries. This will help to establish what works to prevent homelessness, and which elements of the Homelessness Reduction Act are most effective.
• The second aims to match together H-CLIC data and the Rough Sleeping Evaluation Questionnaire to identify how effectively interventions have prevented homelessness and improved other outcomes in the longer term. DLUHC already have rough sleeping evaluations in progress that would benefit from this work.
• Finally, the third element aims to match the H-CLIC data to data gathered from other government departments/health agencies to determine the wider circumstances and outcomes of people who have experienced homelessness, such as educational outcomes, employment, benefits and health. This will enable us to identify the wider impacts and longer-term outcomes, and estimate the costs of homelessness.

The DLUHC intends to use the data to assess the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, for example by identifying the factors associated with better or worse outcomes for households at risk of homelessness and to understand more about the factors that drive homelessness and how best to address them.

Ultimately, the project will provide central government departments, local public services and delivery partners with valuable information about the cycle of homelessness and its impact on the lives of those it affects, as well as the impact and cost-benefit of interventions and services targeted at reducing homelessness. The information should be useful to inform future service design and reform and investment decisions.

Further information, including reports and tables, may be found on the Gov.uk Homelessness Statistics Collection webpage.

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For the third edition (November 2025), a data file for 2022-2023 has been added to the study.

This statistic shows specialist youth provision offered by voluntary sector homelessness providers in England in August 2015. ** percent of providers offered specialist mediation services, and ** percent offered mental health support.

Homelessness in Scotland This publication gives an overview of key trends and features of homelessness in Scotland. It provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2017. Data on households in temporary accommodation as at 31 March 2017 are also presented, together with data on households placed in unsuitable accommodation. Source: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/06/8907/downloads UK House Price Index 2004-2017 Describes various types of housing published between 2004-2017 and their price indices. Area codes included and percentage price change are also included. This file includes a derived back series for the new UK HPI Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/uk-house-price-index-data-downloads-december-2017?utm_medium=GOV.UK&utm_source=scotland&utm_campaign=UKHPI_Scotlandreport&utm_term=9.30_13_02_18&utm_content=download_data Youth Homelessness Analysis 2016-17 Data focusing on populations between 16-24 years of age, covering the periods between 2007/2008 and 2016/2017 and defined by locality. Data includes age at application, rate of youth homelessness, household compositions and other descriptors of the population. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables/adhoc-analysis/adhoc-analysis

This statistic shows the share of voluntary sector homeless providers that were unable to assist some young homeless people in England in August 2015, by the reason they turned them away. ** percent of providers had limited capacity so were unable to accept more young homeless people.

This statistic shows the previous accommodation arrangements of young homeless people who contacted local homeless providers in England in August 2015. ** percent had been couch surfing and/or belonged to the 'hidden homeless'.

This statistic shows the main accommodation that young homeless people move onto after having approached their local homelessness services provider in England in ***********. For clients of voluntary sector providers, moving in to the private rented sector was common at over a quarter of young homeless people, compared to * percent of those who returned to family or friends.

This statistic shows alternative accommodation arranged by Local Authority housing departments for young homeless people across England in August 2014. ** percent of such young people went into supported accommodation, and * percent with friends or relatives.

This statistic shows the number of young households classed as unintentionally homeless in England between the fiscal years 2006/07 and 2017/18. The year 2006/07 was the peak for the period at **** thousand homes, over double the number for the most recent period of 2017/18.