Homelessness duties owed by London boroughs (2024 Q1)
Last updated: September 2024
Next estimated update: April 2025
What’s this indicator?
This indicator looks at the three types of statutory duties that local authorities owe households at risk of or experiencing homelessness. You can view a map of this data at the bottom of the page.
Prevention duty
Local authorities owe prevention duties to help stop households at risk of homelessness losing their accommodation. In the first quarter of 2024, Ealing owed the most households a prevention duty, at 3.47 per 1,000 households.
Relief duty
If a household is homeless, the local authority owes them a relief duty to provide some sort of accommodation. Newham was the borough that owed the most households a relief duty, at 4.48 per 1,000 households compared to the London average of 2.49.
Main duty
The main homelessness duty to provide accommodation (which until 2018 was the only statutory duty owed to homeless households) comes into effect when the relief duty has failed and accommodation has not been secured.
Lambeth owed the most households the main homelessness duty (3.26 per 1,000 households) in the first quarter of 2024.
Map of main homelessness duties owed by London boroughs
Main homelessness duty owed per 1,000 households (2024 Q1)
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