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Local authority housing data

This collection brings together all documents relating to local authority housing data.

Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) is an annual data collection returned by local authorities in England. The statistics cover a range of topics on local authority housing, split into various sections.

The data is used in a number of ways:

  • to inform central government policy on housing
  • to inform local authorities’ housing strategy and management of housing stock
  • to evaluate the quality and value for money of public services and public bodies
  • to respond to parliamentary questions and public enquiries

  • to calculate the New Homes Bonus enhancement when combined with other statistics on the supply of affordable housing

From 2018-19, following a public consultation, the department has discontinued the statistical bulletin associated with this collection. Commentary on the data is instead included in other statistical releases. The source data will continue to be collected and published on this page.

This webpage contains data from 2009-10 onwards. Data for previous financial years going back to 2001-02 is available on the National Archives.

For the latest revisions to historical data, users should instead use the LAHS open data, which provides a combined time series of LAHS and its predecessors.

For data collected prior to 2001-02, please contact us directly at housing.statistics@communities.gov.uk to check whether the data is available. We can also advise on how to make comparisons with more recent years’ data.

2023 to 2024

2022 to 2023

2021 to 2022

2020 to 2021

2019 to 2020

2018 to 2019

2017 to 2018

2016 to 2017

2015 to 2016

2014 to 2015

2013 to 2014

2012 to 2013

2011 to 2012

2010 to 2011

2009 to 2010

Open data

Live tables

Updates to this page

Published 3 October 2013
Last updated 21 November 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns for 2023 to 2024.

  2. Added Completing local authority housing statistics 2023 to 2024: guidance notes and bulk upload.

  3. Added Local authority housing statistics: technical notes 2022 to 2023.

  4. Added Local authority housing statistics data returns for 2022 to 2023.

  5. Added Completing local authority housing statistics 2022 to 2023: guidance notes and bulk upload.

  6. Added Local authority housing statistics data returns for 2021 to 2022.

  7. Added Completing local authority housing statistics 2021 to 2022: guidance notes and bulk upload.

  8. Added Local authority housing statistics data returns for 2020 to 2021.

  9. Added Completing local authority housing statistics 2020 to 2021: guidance notes and bulk upload.

  10. Added Local authority housing statistics data returns for 2019 to 2020.

  11. Added Local authority housing statistics open data.

  12. Added: Completing local authority housing statistics 2019 to 2020: guidance notes and bulk upload

  13. Added Local authority housing statistics data returns for 2018 to 2019.

  14. Added Completing local authority housing statistics 2018 to 2019: guidance notes and bulk upload

  15. Added Local authority housing statistics: year ending March 2018.

  16. Added Local authority housing statistics: year ending March 2014.

  17. Added Completing local authority housing statistics 2013 to 2014: guidance notes

  18. Added Local authority housing statistics for England: 2012 to 2013

  19. First published.