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MHCLG · duty: Prevention duty (threatened with homelessness)

Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty: Prevention duty (threatened with homelessness)

4 periods to 2026 Q1

39,200households

Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty for Prevention duty (threatened with homelessness) totalled 39,200 households in the 4 periods to 2026 Q1.

  1. MHCLG dataset
  2. A1
  3. ENGLAND
  4. column “Prevention duty (threatened with homelessness)”
  5. 39200 per period
  6. published 13 August 2026

What this measures

Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty during the quarter, split between the prevention duty (threatened with homelessness within 56 days but not yet homeless) and the relief duty (already homeless when assessed). The two sum to the duty-owed total within rounding (every figure is rounded to the nearest 10).

Movement between the duties: a household owed the prevention duty that later becomes homeless is counted again under the relief duty in the quarter that happens.

Source

Dataset
Statutory homelessness in England: detailed local authority tables
Release
January to March 2026 (provisional), published 13 August 2026 · sha256 f77eebd761455169…
All values
Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty by duty