FOI/EIR 25/26-465-Housing Spend 2023-25

Amount received and spent on housing (including temp accommodation) since 2023

Request received 2 January 2026

All questions apply to calendar years of 2023, 2024 and 2025

  1. How much did your council spend on total housing expenditure in this period?
  2. How much of this total (in Question 1) was spent on private related housing? (Including temporary accommodation)
  3. How much did your council spend on temporary accommodation each year?
  4. How much did central government provide your council for all housing related expenditure?
  5. Do local authorities have the resources to adequately tackle housing issues in their areas?
  6. Other than grant funding, what can be done to support local authorities address housing issues, both with regards to access and condition?
  7. What changes would the council recommend to the private market to make housing more accessible?

Responded 19 January 2026

1) £8,421,959.18
2) £343,149.21
3) £423,661.91
4) £1,886,148.00
5) The Freedom of Information Act gives you a legal right of access to any recorded information held by a public authority. We do not have to provide opinions or explanations, generate answers to questions, or create or obtain information we do not hold.
6) See Q5
7) See Q5