Too few new homes are being finished, and more households, many with children, are living in temporary accommodation.
Raised by:Official data · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)Council plans+4 moreUK Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), with neighbourhood boards in Landport and PaulsgroveUK Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)UK Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), with councils and developersUK Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), with participating developers and lenders
The issue in five minutes
The problem
Households in temporary accommodation, per 1,000 households: 6.9 per 1,000 households (31 March 2026), 1.3 per 1,000 households higher than England (5.5), calculated from unrounded figures. Affects: Households in temporary accommodation, people on the housing register, private renters and young adults looking for a first home.3 related measures
324 households Households with children in temporary accommodation (31 March 2026)
6.7 per 1,000 households Households owed help to prevent or end homelessness, per 1,000 households (each quarter) (January to March 2026; 3.3 per 1,000 households higher than England (3.4))
13.1 per 100,000 people People sleeping rough on a single autumn night, per 100,000 people (Autumn 2025; 4.9 per 100,000 people higher than England (8.2))
Different measures, sources and periods: shown together, not ranked against each other.
Who says so
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
What’s being done
Homelessness Strategy 2024-2029Adopt and deliver a five-aim homelessness strategy: prevent homelessness, end rough sleeping, provide the right housing, provide the right support and strengthen joint working, measured by a published suite of measures.Lead Portsmouth City CouncilApproved · evidence February 2024
Homes for Temporary Accommodation ProjectBuy and refurbish at least 200 homes to use as temporary accommodation, held in the Housing Revenue Account, with mid-year and end-of-year progress reports.Lead Portsmouth City CouncilIn progress · evidence 10 March 2026
Funded by
Funded by Portsmouth City Council (Housing Revenue Account)£31,280,000 · Capital, 2025/26 and 2026/27
Funded by Portsmouth City Council (General Fund, medium-term revenue reserve)up to £1,870,000 · Up to this amount, to avoid a negative HRA cash flow in the first 10 years
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Portsmouth Local PlanComplete the Local Plan.Lead Portsmouth City CouncilIn progress · evidence 21 October 2026
UK Government’s National Plan to End Homelessness (11 December 2025, England) sets national policy; the council’s strategy (2024–2029) predates it and the 2026/27 grant is the local delivery route. Source ↗
Renters’ Rights Act 2025: section 21 “no-fault” evictions ended from 1 May 2026 (government roadmap, 13 November 2025). National legal change; local enforcement impact is not yet evidenced. Source ↗
Homelessness applications, temporary accommodation and rough sleeping by ward (Freedom of Information request)
How many of the 200 temporary accommodation homes approved in March 2025 have been bought (the council's March 2026 update report could not be downloaded by the scripted check, so no count is verified here) (Freedom of Information request)
Delivery of the Homelessness Strategy actions due by the end of 2024, including the prevention hub
Signed section 106 agreements and Community Infrastructure Levy payments by scheme: what is required, paid, allocated and delivered for schools, SEND, GP, transport and parking. Whole-city 2024/25 totals are shown from the council's Infrastructure Funding Statement, which has no scheme-by-scheme table; the council planning register blocks scripted access, so agreements need manual retrieval
Suggested by Facts Count Reporting that Facts Count suggests:
A council-published plain-English quarterly summary of the government homelessness figures for Portsmouth, including prevention outcomes and temporary accommodation by household type. Facts Count now reads the January to March 2026 government tables in plain English on the homelessness statistics page (prevention and relief outcomes, temporary accommodation by type and length of time); that is not a council product. The 2026/27 grant requires the council to publish a homelessness action plan and report on the grant's use; that is not the same as a quarterly public summary.
Published private-rented enforcement activity for 2025/26: inspections, serious (category 1) hazards found and removed, notices and penalties. The updated enforcement policy (October 2026) sets the approach; activity totals are not published with it.
Length of stay in temporary accommodation for the 200-home purchase programme alone. Government table TA4 now shows all households in temporary accommodation by type and time band at 31 March 2026, but it does not separate the homes the council is buying; the programme's own reports cover acquisitions and spend. The government median-and-mean table is not used because it shows zeros where households exist.
An agreed measure of repeat homelessness. No published local measure was found.
Households in temporary accommodation, per 1,000 households, compared over 3 years.
1 · The issue
What the evidence says
Who is affected: Households in temporary accommodation, people on the housing register, private renters and young adults looking for a first home.
PressureToo few homes are reaching completion. Portsmouth delivered 308 homes against a requirement of 2,702 in the three-year housing test. The council’s newer monitoring table reports 316 net homes in 2025/26. Its annual figures differ from the government test and have not been reconciled here. An allocation or masterplan does not by itself create homes.In context →
RiskHousing costs leave less for daily life. Average private rent was £1,368 a month in August 2026; the 2025 middle sale price was 7.22 times residents’ full-time annual pay. The pay comparison concerns individuals, not household mortgage eligibility. It differs from the 6.70 ratio for jobs based here. High costs and low incomes need separate responses. Buying a home is covered separately, in the finding “Buying a home takes many more years of pay than in 2002”.In context →
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PressureBuying a home takes many more years of pay than in 2002. In 2025 the middle sale price was 7.22 times the middle full-time resident pay, up from 4.90 in 2002; entry-level homes cost 7.59 times entry-level pay, against 6.99 in England. England’s middle ratio was 7.64 in 2025, so the typical home is not out of line with the country, while entry-level homes cost more relative to pay than in England. A Facts Count illustration (25% deposit, 25-year repayment mortgage, gross pay; not a lender quote) puts the deposit at £65,000, or 1.80 years of gross pay (1.22 in 2002), and the monthly repayment at 35.0% of gross pay (24.5% in 2002; 45.6% in 2023). The quoted 2-year fixed rate was 1.20% in September 2021 and 5.39% in October 2026, so the repayment share moves with interest rates, while the deposit has stayed between 1.79 and 2.02 years of gross pay since 2016. Pay here is individual pay, not household income. A higher ratio describes cost; it does not by itself say whether prices are too high or pay is too low.In context →
RiskMore homes will need school, health and road capacity that is not yet secured. For the eight housing schemes checked, no school, SEND or GP obligation could be verified in the records read (10 November 2026), while homes delivered were 11% of the housing requirement. Building the homes Portsmouth needs would help with homelessness, temporary accommodation (608 households in March 2026), shared housing demand and rents. It would also add residents to services already under pressure: 20,875 registered patients per GP practice (September 2026), 42.9% of new education and care plans issued on time (2025), and three roads onto the island carrying 749.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. “Not found” does not mean no obligation exists: signed agreements were not all readable. A promised contribution, money paid, money allocated and a finished facility are different things. No local parking-demand measure was found.In context →
2 · The evidence
The figures
6.9 per 1,000 households
Households in temporary accommodation, per 1,000 households City 31 March 2026Ministry of Housing ↗ · retrieved 9 Nov 2026
1.3 per 1,000 households higher than England (5.5), calculated from unrounded figures.
Households in temporary accommodation, per 1,000 households
September 2018 to March 2026
Portsmouth · per 1,000 households
Reviewed figures: September 2018 to March 2026.
Change dates and range
Shown on this chart: From September 2018 to March 2026, households in temporary accommodation, per 1,000 households rose by 452.4% in Portsmouth and rose by 53.2% in England.
Both places compared over September 2018 to March 2026, using matching published dates.
Compared areas: Portsmouth; England.
Actual values
PortsmouthEngland
0.53.97.3
September 2018March 2026
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Getting worse Up 5.6 per 1,000 households since 30 September 2018 (1.2).
How change is judged
Households in temporary accommodation, per 1,000 households: up 2.2 per 1,000 households between 31 March 2023 and 31 March 2026.
Rule: Standard deviation of the 26 year-on-year (four-quarter) changes in the quarterly rate, 30 September 2018 to 31 March 2026 (1.15 per 1,000 households, rounded to 1.1). Compare the latest quarter with the same quarter three years earlier.
H-CLIC replaced the older P1E return in April 2018 after the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. Earlier figures are a different collection and are kept as a separate measure, not joined to this series.
Same period, other places (31 March 2026)
Portsmouth6.9
Southampton3.8
Chichester2.8
Winchester1.8
South East4.2
England5.5
Comparators: the nearest cities and the most similar places, with England.
More trends for this issue (3)
Households with children in temporary accommodation
September 2018 to March 2026
Portsmouth · households
Reviewed figures: September 2018 to March 2026.
Change dates and range
Shown on this chart: From September 2018 to March 2026, households with children in temporary accommodation rose by 320.8% in Portsmouth and rose by 40.1% in England.
Both places compared over September 2018 to March 2026, using matching published dates.
Compared areas: Portsmouth; England.
Change since September 2018 (%)
PortsmouthEngland
-79.2%135.1%349.4%
September 2018March 2026
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These are council returns to the national homelessness case-level collection (H-CLIC). Councils can revise them; each quarter uses the latest (often revised) file MHCLG has published.
These are council returns to the national homelessness case-level collection (H-CLIC). Councils can revise them; each quarter uses the latest (often revised) file MHCLG has published.
It is one night only. It does not count everyone who sleeps rough during the year, and the weather, night shelters and the date chosen all affect it.
Related measures
324 householdsHouseholds with children in temporary accommodationCity 31 March 2026 · Families with children are the group most affected by long stays in temporary accommodation.
6.7 per 1,000 householdsHouseholds owed help to prevent or end homelessness, per 1,000 households (each quarter)City January to March 2026 · 3.3 per 1,000 households higher than England (3.4) · How many households need help to prevent or end homelessness.
13.1 per 100,000 peoplePeople sleeping rough on a single autumn night, per 100,000 peopleCity Autumn 2025 · 4.9 per 100,000 people higher than England (8.2) · People sleeping rough on one autumn night.
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1,504 householdsHouseholds on the council housing register (waiting list)City 2025 · Households waiting for social housing.
11%Homes delivered as a share of the requirementCity HDT 2025 (2022/23–2024/25) · Homes delivered against the government’s three-year requirement.
308 homesHomes delivered over three yearsCity HDT 2025 (2022/23–2024/25) · The number of homes behind the Housing Delivery Test result.
Council consultation: 45% of 1,698 respondents put “regenerating major sites to create homes, jobs and economic opportunities in the city” in their top five priorities for the council (rank 2 of the published five; 16 August to 14 September 2025; people chose to take part). This option is broader than this issue, so it is shown as a related priority, not a direct measure of concern about it. How residents ranked priorities →
Not yet known: No published survey of Portsmouth residents asks about this issue directly. General concern about an issue does not show support for any particular proposal.
Formal commitments by public bodies, with their original decision. Stages without dated evidence are hatched, never filled.
Committed by Portsmouth City CouncilApproved
Homelessness Strategy 2024-2029
Adopt and deliver a five-aim homelessness strategy: prevent homelessness, end rough sleeping, provide the right housing, provide the right support and strengthen joint working, measured by a published suite of measures.
Buy and refurbish at least 200 homes to use as temporary accommodation, held in the Housing Revenue Account, with mid-year and end-of-year progress reports.
Funded by Portsmouth City Council (Housing Revenue Account)£31,280,000 · Capital, 2025/26 and 2026/27
Funded by Portsmouth City Council (General Fund, medium-term revenue reserve)up to £1,870,000 · Up to this amount, to avoid a negative HRA cash flow in the first 10 years
12 March 2025milestone Cabinet Member approved £31.28m HRA capital to deliver a minimum of 200 temporary accommodation homes. source ↗
31 December 2025output 48 homes bought by 31 December 2025 (18 one-bedroom, 30 two-bedroom); a further 65 in progress, 24 of them at the legal stage. Occupancy of the bought homes is not reported. source ↗
31 December 2025spend £7,631,102 of capital costs incurred by the end of the third quarter of 2025/26 (31 December 2025), against £31.28m approved; average purchase price about £139,000. Incurred costs, not the full approved budget or homes in use. source ↗
10 March 2026milestone Mid-year update on the two-year project to purchase 200 homes presented and noted; homes bought so far not stated in the minutes. source ↗
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Committed by Portsmouth City CouncilNot verified
Corporate Plan 2024-2026
Bring forward schemes to increase housing availability, prioritising social and affordable homes and homes for people with additional needs, and reduce the use of temporary accommodation.
ApprovedFundedUnder wayCompleted
No dated evidence of progress has been found; stages are shown hatched.
Carry out the Housing Delivery Test action plan to raise housing delivery, led by progressing the emerging Local Plan to adoption, and review the actions every year after each test result.
18 March 2026milestone Council submitted the Portsmouth Local Plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination. source ↗
23 March 2026milestone Planning Inspectorate confirmed three inspectors appointed to examine the Local Plan. source ↗
Committed by Portsmouth City CouncilProposed
City Centre North
Bring forward a mixed-use City Centre North scheme on the assembled former Tricorn and Sainsbury’s sites (potential for up to 2,300 homes). The scheme itself needs a separate Development Agreement, which depends on viability and has not been approved.
Fund neighbourhood regeneration in Landport and Paulsgrove through ten-year plans set by resident-led neighbourhood boards. The programme allows up to £20 million per place over ten years.
Funded by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Governmentup to £20,000,000 · Up to this per neighbourhood over ten years (programme limit, not approved spend)
14 August 2026spend Landport Neighbourhood Board agreed £3,900 to Fratton Together for workshops in the Landport and Fratton West area; the council, as accountable body, signs off spending. source ↗
Committed by UK GovernmentFunded
Rough Sleeping Programme 2026-29
Run the Rough Sleeping Programme from 2026/27 to 2028/29 with government funding for homes and support for people sleeping rough.
Funded by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government£3,168,330 · 2026/27 to 2028/29, capital and revenue; later years provisional
Made 19 August 2026 · due 31 March 2029 · £3,168,330 (Government allocation over three years: £1,294,623 capital and £1,873,707 revenue, including £732,472 revenue in 2026/27; later years provisional. Separate from the homelessness, rough sleeping and domestic abuse grant) · Rough Sleeping Programme: funding allocations workbook ↗
1 dated record
4 November 2026milestone Programme update presented to the housing Cabinet member, for information. On a typical autumn or winter night in 2024/25 and 2025/26 an average of 21 people were sleeping rough. source ↗
Committed by UK GovernmentFunded
Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse Grant 2026/27
Pay Portsmouth a homelessness, rough sleeping and domestic abuse grant for 2026/27, on condition that the council publishes a homelessness action plan and reports on its use.
Buy a vacant 14-bedroom property on Magdala Road for sheltered housing, giving at least 15 homes including a converted staff unit, let from the housing register.
Apply an updated Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy and Civil Financial Penalty Policy, reflecting the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, to breaches and offences from 1 November 2026.
Require new homes to be nutrient neutral, so that wastewater from development does not add nitrates to the Solent, using mitigation credits under a section 111 agreement.
Work with ECF under the signed Development and Masterplanning Services Agreement on masterplanning, viability testing and a development business case, before any Development Agreement.
Funded by Portsmouth City Councilup to £2,630,000 · Cabinet authority (10 February 2026) to spend up to an estimated £2.63m on the next phase; not a committed balance
10 February 2026milestone Cabinet authorised spending up to an estimated £2.63m on the next phase (development business case and site surveys). A reported £18.22m spent to date could not be checked at its source. source ↗
10 August 2026milestone Council named ECF as preferred partner after signing the Development and Masterplanning Services Agreement. A Development Agreement would need separate approval and depends on viability. source ↗
Committed by UK GovernmentIn progress
First Homes scheme
Let first-time buyers in England buy eligible homes for 30% to 50% below market value, with household income up to £80,000 and a price cap of £250,000 after the discount outside London; councils may set local criteria for the first three months of sale.
Funded by Developers (discount on the sale price)Amount not stated · The discount is given by the developer on new homes, usually through planning agreements; not a government grant
No Portsmouth First Homes local criteria, price cap or number of homes sold was found on the council’s pages (searched 10 November 2026).
Whether a new site includes First Homes depends on its planning agreement. Councils’ published notes say national policy stopped requiring a First Homes share of affordable homes in December 2024; this was not confirmed from the current planning framework text. A developer listing the scheme elsewhere does not mean its Portsmouth sites offer it.
Committed by UK GovernmentIn progress
Right to Buy (council tenants)
Let eligible council tenants buy their Portsmouth Homes property at a discount, after at least three years as a public sector tenant (or in armed forces accommodation); some homes, such as specialist housing for older or disabled people, are excluded.
Funded by Portsmouth City Council (discount on the sale price)Amount not stated · Discount depends on tenancy length, property type and value, and may be reduced under cost-floor rules
How many Right to Buy sales Portsmouth completes each year (published nationally by the government; not yet added here).
Each sale reduces the council’s stock of homes for rent; replacement is not reported alongside sales.
Committed by UK GovernmentApproved
Your First Home (equity loan, from 2027)
Help first-time buyers buy an eligible new-build home in England with a deposit of at least 2.5%, a repayment mortgage and a government equity loan of 20% of the price, interest free for five years.
Tipner East (Victory Quay): 835 homes on the former Pounds scrapyard
VIVID is building about 835 homes, two to ten storeys, with at least 30% (about 251) intended as affordable rent and shared ownership, plus new sea defences, a coastal path and cycleway, on the former scrapyard at Tipner East.
Whose project
Run by VIVID (housing association) with Portsmouth City Council, Homes England, PMC (contractor)
Stage
Site preparation and groundwork were under way by September 2025; VIVID expected first homes in late 2026 (estimate; no completion verified). Highway improvements are tied to occupation of the 180th home (August 2025 variation, reported). (1 September 2025, Victory Quay construction update (2025) ↗)
Where, funding and what would show it worked
Where
Tipner East, by the M275 · Site in the city (Nelson ward area).
Funding
Funded by UK Government (City Deal) and Homes EnglandAmount not stated · Part of the government’s City Deal; amounts not stated in the article source ↗
What would show it worked
Output: Homes completed, and how many are affordable (VIVID’s stated minimum is 30%, about 251).
Next check
Signed Section 106 deed (2025 variation) and current affordable obligation; first completions; which homes are shared ownership and when plots and prices are released. See /housing-sites/victory-quay/.
1 earlier value
10 November 2026: stageDetail was “Land remediation almost complete and sea-wall works starting in September 2024; about five years expected to build all 835 homes. No later dated progress record has been added.”, now “Site preparation and groundwork were under way by September 2025; VIVID expected first homes in late 2026 (estimate; no completion verified). Highway improvements are tied to occupation of the 180th home (August 2025 variation, reported).” (source)
Publish a site-by-site delivery tracker for Portsmouth’s main housing sites, showing each site’s stage, blockers, responsible body and affordable homes, and test a permanently affordable community land trust option on public land.
Start soonBuild nextLonger term
EstimateAllocatedSpentUnknown
Proposed lead: Portsmouth City Council (planning policy, housing supply and the council’s site promoter team), as a proposal
First step: Anyone could compile and publish the site list from the council’s own September 2026 matter statements and trajectory, flagging which sites have only a resolution to grant.
Make sure the 25,000 m² of industrial and marine-related workspace planned at Tipner West is phased, secured and monitored alongside its 1,000 homes, rather than left until last, and report what is actually built and usable.
Start soonBuild nextLonger term
EstimateAllocatedSpentUnknown
Proposed lead: Portsmouth City Council, as site promoter and as local planning authority acting separately (proposed)
First step: Before the 19 November 2026 hearing, the council could publish a one-page note explaining how employment space will be phased with homes and what would trigger action if it slips.
For each major housing scheme, publish what school, SEND, GP, transport and parking contributions or works are required, paid, allocated and delivered, using planning agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy records.
Start soonBuild nextLonger term
EstimateAllocatedSpentUnknown
Proposed lead: Portsmouth City Council planning, education, transport and highways teams, with NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board, as a proposal
First step: Anyone could start by recording, for each of the eight schemes in the developments research, what the council’s planning papers and agreement summaries say about schools, SEND, GP and parking, and flag where nothing is found.
Publish, scheme by scheme, which new homes are shared ownership, Your First Home, First Homes or full-price sale, with prices, release dates and local-connection rules, so residents can plan a purchase years ahead.
Start soonBuild nextLonger term
EstimateAllocatedSpentUnknown
Proposed lead: Portsmouth City Council housing and planning teams, drawing on information from developers and registered providers, as a proposal
First step: Anyone could start now by listing each scheme with its seller’s link and the date checked, using the Facts Count developments research as the starting list, and then ask the council to adopt or correct it.
Proposals and votes by parties, councillors and MPs
What others have proposed on this issue and what happened to it. A pledge or campaign is not a decision.
Council motionAwaiting a decision
Giving People a Route off the Street
Proposed by
Proposed by Cllr Darren Sanders and Cllr Steve Pitt (Liberal Democrats) Cllr Darren Sanders (proposer); Cllr Steve Pitt (seconder)
Where and when
Full Council, 10 November 2026, item 10c
What was proposed
Welcome the government’s extra rough sleeping funding for Portsmouth, endorse the Rough Sleeping Programme 2026-29 presented to the housing Cabinet member on 4 November, and ask the government for further action, including raising Local Housing Allowance at least in line with inflation every year.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council (the programme); UK Government (Local Housing Allowance)
The money
Refers to £3,168,330 of government Rough Sleeping Programme funding over three years, 2026/27 to 2028/29. This is separate from the £4,101,246 homelessness, rough sleeping and domestic abuse grant for 2026/27; the two should not be added together.
Outcome
No outcome published yet.
What has happened since
Due to be debated on 10 November 2026. No outcome had been published when this was checked.
Note: The motion describes the £3.168m as covering “the next 2 years”; the government allocation and the council’s 4 November report both cover three financial years, the last two provisional.
Build more genuinely affordable homes, including social housing; continue to challenge the spread of HMOs to keep communities mixed and balanced; more council-owned temporary accommodation; cheaper and more frequent buses; hardship support; more CCTV and accessible play equipment.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council, with bus operators for bus services
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
Election pledge: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
A pledge, not a decision. CCTV and accessible play also appear in Labour’s budget amendment adopted on 24 February 2026, before the pledges were published.
Green Party candidates: affordable and social housing
Proposed by
Proposed by Portsmouth Green Party
Where and when
Candidate statements on the party website · 10 November 2026
What was proposed
Candidate statements include support for affordable and socially rented housing rather than expensive homes that do not meet local need (for example, the Paulsgrove candidate). Other statements mention better housing in general terms.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council and housing providers
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
Election pledge: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
Candidate statements, not party policy decisions or council decisions.
Note: The page is undated; the date shown is when it was read.
Source: Our Candidates ↗, Paulsgrove: Ian McCulloch. Checked 10 November 2026.
Outcome: Households in temporary accommodation, per 1,000 households, latest against 3 years earlier; changes smaller than 1.1 are treated as no clear change. Now: getting worse.
Turn housing allocations into a deliverable programme: Housing Delivery Test result; Net completions; Affordable completions by tenure and route; Sites moving stage; Homes held as permanently affordable.
Secure usable employment space at Tipner West alongside its homes: Employment floorspace at Tipner West; Homes completed at Tipner West; Citywide industrial floorspace net change; Jobs on site.
Show what schools, health, road and parking support each major housing scheme has secured and delivered: Schemes with verified school, SEND and GP obligations; Promised, paid, allocated and delivered by scheme and service; Housing Delivery Test result; Registered patients per GP practice; Motor traffic on the city’s roads.
Tell first-time buyers which new homes they could actually buy: Public buyer table for major schemes; Schemes with route, price and release date published; House price to residents’ pay; Illustrative deposit and repayment as a share of gross pay; Homes sold or let through each buying route.
What is not yet known
Homelessness applications, temporary accommodation and rough sleeping by ward (requested under Freedom of Information)
How many of the 200 temporary accommodation homes approved in March 2025 have been bought (the council's March 2026 update report could not be downloaded by the scripted check, so no count is verified here) (requested under Freedom of Information)
Delivery of the Homelessness Strategy actions due by the end of 2024, including the prevention hub (not published)
Signed section 106 agreements and Community Infrastructure Levy payments by scheme: what is required, paid, allocated and delivered for schools, SEND, GP, transport and parking. Whole-city 2024/25 totals are shown from the council's Infrastructure Funding Statement, which has no scheme-by-scheme table; the council planning register blocks scripted access, so agreements need manual retrieval (another source needed)
Cost of living is featured by editorial choice. Other issues follow the order respondents gave the council in its 2025 budget consultation, a survey people chose to take part in; it describes respondents, not all residents.
