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Homelessness Case Level Collection (H-CLIC) updates

This webpage will be used to keep users up to date with all the latest latest information related to Statutory Homelessness Statistics collected and published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Information and details of key work-streams will be posted here.

More detailed information on how our statistics are used, our user engagement strategy, and improvements to our statistics are published in a dedicated  “Statutory Homelessness Statistics- Use, Improvements, and User Engagement Note”. This is published alongside each of our statistics releases from October 2023, available from our GOV.UK pages.

The GOV.UK Statutory Homelessness Page allows users to access the latest publications on statutory homelessness. All of our latest published data tables, including our England level time series and revised data tables are available from Tables on homelessness.

To check our next publication dates, search for “statutory homelessness” on the GOV.UK Upcoming Research and Statistics page.

Note on accessibility

Accessible versions of all documents can be obtained by emailing HomelessnessStats@communities.gov.uk.

Documentation and guidance

Many of our latest documents and guidance are available immediately if you email HomelessnessStats@levellingup.gov.uk. Send us an email with the subject “Request for documentation links – No reply needed”. Our mailbox automatic response should immediately provide you with links to our latest guidance documents.

You can access the H-CLIC Data specification in this way. This data specification contains the core questions to be used in the monitoring of statutory homelessness by local authorities in England following commencement of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. It includes information about the methods for data provision, the overall format of the data file, and rules governing when to send data. Definitions and format validation checks on each variable are also provided.

You can also access the following documents through our automated response:

  • Data providers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document
  • Validation glossary
  • Summary document — this document provides a summary of the final H-CLIC data requirement implemented by local authorities in England from April 2018, to monitor the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
  • Guidance document
  • H-CLIC guidance slide deck — this slide deck provides a quick overview on the submission process for local authority data providers, annotated with screenshots and images of different stages of the process, along with references to our other documents in case more detailed instructions are needed
  • Guidance on using H-CLIC QA dashboards

Personal data

A select group of local housing authorities are involved in a pilot project providing personal data to DLUHC, in addition to their usual H-CLIC data to facilitate data linking. You can ask for more information about this pilot project by emailing HomelessnessPersonalData@levellingup.gov.uk.

Contact

You can contact homelessnessstats@communities.gov.uk if you have any additional questions or need further information related to H-CLIC and Statutory Homelessness Statistics.