Housing · data story

A home without security

Rent, possession action, temporary accommodation and rough sleeping mark different points in London’s housing emergency.

The evidence

What the current releases show

Updated 2 Aug 2026

Temporary accommodation

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Households placed in temporary accommodation per 1,000 households by borough.

People seen rough sleeping

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Outreach-recorded people by borough in the published reporting period.

Caveat: Outreach contacts are not a complete census of everyone sleeping rough.

Private-landlord possession pressure

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Private-landlord possession claims relative to the published household denominator.

Two-bedroom rent · Private Rental Market in London: April 2025 to March 2026

Highest published value in this view

£4,550

WC2B

London median: £2,917

Median two-bedroom rent in the latest ONS purposive sample.

Trace the claims

Keep following the evidence

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