Research: Homelessness in England 2022

Homelessness comes in many varied forms and is extremely difficult to accurately measure. This research estimates a snapshot of the number of people who are recorded as homeless on a given night in 2022. The types of homelessness that we count in this work are:

• People who have been accepted as homeless and now live in temporary accommodation arranged by their local council

• People who have been accepted as homeless and now live in temporary accommodation arranged by themselves or are living ‘homeless at home’ – meaning that they are legally homeless because it is not reasonable for them to continue to live in their home, but they are yet to be moved into temporary accommodation

• People who are sleeping on the streets

• Single people who are homeless and living in hostel or supported accommodation, but who are not counted amongst those in the statutory homelessness figures above

• People who are owed a duty under the Children’s Act and are living in temporary accommodation that has been arranged by Social Services