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
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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.