Homelessness, April to June 2007

Key results are as follows:

• The latest quarterly figures state that there were 1,604 households accepted as homeless by local authorities during the April to June 2007 quarter.
• The number of households accepted as homeless during April to June 2007 was 4 per cent lower than the previous quarter and 15 per cent lower than the same quarter a year earlier.
• The number of households accommodated temporarily at the end of June 2007 was 3,089. This was 2 per cent lower than the previous quarter but less than 1 per cent higher than the same quarter a year earlier.
• By the end of June 2007, there were 321 households in Bed and Breakfast accommodation, a fall of 36 per cent since the same quarter the previous year.
• Of those households in Bed and Breakfast accommodation, 15 per cent were families with children.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

January 2008 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)