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Housing

People in homes. Homelessness, social housing, occupancy.

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SG homelessness stats only — NOT Home Office asylum hotels.

  • Households assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness 2024-25

    34,067Published

    Highest since 2011-12. Includes adults 38,674 and children 15,046 in assessed households (separate metrics).

  • Homelessness applications 2024-25

    40,688Published

    HL1 annual. NOT Home Office asylum hotels.

  • Open homelessness applications at 31 March 2025

    31,695Published

  • Households in temporary accommodation at 30 September 2025

    18,092Published

    Highest since series began 2002. NOT HO asylum hotels.

  • Children in temporary accommodation at 30 September 2025

    10,480Published

    Series high.

  • Households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2025

    17,240Published

    HL2 snapshot. Series high at time. NOT HO asylum hotels.

  • Children in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2025

    10,180Published

    From Ending Homelessness Together annual report citing HiS 2024-25; confirm against HiS tables if needed.

  • Homelessness applications Apr–Sep 2025

    20,643Published

    -2% vs Apr–Sep 2024.

  • Assessed homeless or threatened Apr–Sep 2025

    17,291Published

    -2% vs Apr–Sep 2024.

  • Open homelessness applications at 30 September 2025

    33,006Published

    Highest in series since 2003.

Still missing

  • HL1 applications are not HL1 assessed, and neither is HL2 temporary accommodation.
  • Apr–Sep 2025 figures are half-year. They are not annualised.
  • Not Home Office asylum hotels.

Households assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness

Scotland. Blank years are missing, not zero. Source

  • 2016-0328,615
  • 2017-0328,774
  • 2018-0329,382
  • 2019-0330,281
  • 2020-0331,620
  • 2021-0328,122
  • 2022-0329,392
  • 2023-0332,545
  • 2024-0333,955
  • 2025-0334,067

HL1 assessed homeless/threatened 10 FY (2015-16 to 2024-25). Half-year Apr–Sep 2025 is a separate figure (fig.hl.assessed_aprsep25) — not annualised.

Households in temporary accommodation (HL2 as at 31 March)

Scotland. Blank years are missing, not zero. Source

  • 2016-0310,543
  • 2017-0310,873
  • 2018-0310,933
  • 2019-0310,989
  • 2020-0311,807
  • 2021-0313,753
  • 2022-0314,214
  • 2023-0315,039
  • 2024-0316,330
  • 2025-0317,240
  • 2025-0918,092

HL2 March year-end snapshots 2016–2025 (10 years) from full statistical time series; plus 30 Sep 2025 half-year update. NOT HO asylum hotels. 2015 also published (10,567 as fig.hl.temp_mar15) — held beyond preferred window.

Children in temporary accommodation (HL2 snapshot at 31 March)

Scotland. Blank years are missing, not zero. Source

  • 2016-035,225
  • 2017-036,060
  • 2018-036,615
  • 2019-036,795
  • 2020-037,355
  • 2021-037,575
  • 2022-038,805
  • 2023-039,595
  • 2024-0310,110
  • 2025-0310,180

HL2 children in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2016–2025 (10). NOT asylum children. Sep 2025 children snapshot retained as fig.hl.temp_children_sep25.

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