Local authorities in England accepted 15,170 households as statutorily homeless in the second quarter of this year.
The figure was up 3% on the first quarter of the year, and up 10% on the second quarter of last year.
Of the 15,170 homeless households, 4,880 had previously been living in the private rented sector.
The official note says that the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy has been an increasingly common reason for homelessness over the last six years.
In 2011, 11% of all cases were due to the ending of an AST. The proportion is now 32%.
Altogether, over the last year, 18.640 households have become homeless after the ending of an AST.
Housing charity Shelter said the figures were a “heartbreaking reminder of the devastating impact our drastic shortage of affordable homes is having”.
The statistics are here
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Another report from Short sighted shelter
I would like to have read more on why the 32% came about. Was it government reforms that had caused the landlords to sell up for example or is it that Tenants poor behaviour is on the increase? I don’t see the former being an increase within our business but the poor tenant attitude increases year on year and not helped by local government and Shelter telling them how to get around/hinder situations that result in landlords considering packing it in.