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Households on the housing waiting list in reasonable preference group: People who are owed a duty (8602) Metric type
- Help text
- This is how many of the households on the housing waiting list are in the reasonable preference group for people who are owed a duty by any local housing authority or are occupying accommodation secured by any such authority under the Housing Act 1996 under section 190(2), 193(2) or 195(2).
Section 190(2) refers to the duty owed to a person who is homeless intentionally, eligible for assistance and in priority need. The relief duty must have come to an end.
Section 193(2) refers to the main homelessness duty, owed to a person who is homeless unintentionally, eligible for assistance and in priority need. The relief duty must have come to an end.
Section 195(2) refers to the duty to work with a person threatened with homelessness to prevent them from becoming homeless (the ‘prevention duty’). A person is threatened with homelessness if it is likely that they will become homeless within 56 days
This indicator is from the Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns (LAHS) Section C - Allocations
- Modified
- 22 Dec 2022
- Data last updated
- 15 Feb 2024
- Short label
- Reasonable preference group: People who are owed a duty
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Count
- Dataset
- Total households on the housing waiting list at 1st April
- Source
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
- is found in the following lists
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