The fourth quarter statutory homelessness figures have been released today. In the three months from October to December 2008, the number of households accepted as homeless was 12,070 – 21 per cent lower than during the same period in 2007, and 62 per cent lower than the same period in 2003, the year of the most recent peak. Households in temporary accommodation have decreased 15 per cent in year-on-year figures, the largest drop since figures peaked in 2004 and the thirteenth consecutive quarterly fall.
