CIH responds to the annual homelessness statistical release November 2025

The latest annual homelessness statistical release has been published by MHCLG, representing the financial year 2024/25. This release is a high-level narrative of the year, and more current statistics have been released already in the quarter following the end of this release's remit, April to June 2025. You can read our response to that release here.

Key statistics include:

• A rise of households living in temporary accommodation (TA), having increased by 11.5 per cent from the previous year. 
• The number of households with children living in TA also rose by 11.4 per cent over that period. 
• An increase in households owed either duty due to being required to leave Home Office asylum accommodation, up 10.7 per cent for prevention duties.
• The most common reason for a prevention duty remains the end of a shorthold tenancy and family and friends no longer able to accommodate them. 

Stephanie Morphew, policy lead for homelessness, commented on the latest release: 

"A safe home is the foundation for a stable and successful life. This release shows that, for too many, this stability is not a given, and in 2024/25, it continued to get worse. We know that these statistics underestimate the true levels of homelessness and housing insecurity in England.  

In the coming years, we will see the impact of the end of Section 21 notices on homelessness presentations brought through the Renters’ Rights Act. However, housing affordability will remain a key driver of housing instability and homelessness. Prior to the Budget, we urged the government to restore Local Housing Allowance rates to at least the 30th percentile of local rents as the most effective way to prevent homelessness numbers rising further. We were disappointed to see that this change was not made, as, without action, these financial pressures could leave more families facing rising arrears, overcrowding, and homelessness.  

There is also a desperate need for additional homelessness support and prevention funding, and we look forward to seeing the government’s cross-departmental homelessness strategy as a comprehensive vision to turn the tide on homelessness and build a society where everybody has a safe place to call home."