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People
Of whom children under 16

Homeless people living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils on the last day of each month, and how many of them were children under 16.

The Vale of Glamorgan's figures for November 2025 to June 2026 are estimates.

Source: Welsh Government, Homeless individuals temporarily accommodated at the end of the period by local authority and accommodation type. Official statistics. Next update due on 29 October 2026. Checked on 22 October 2026.

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Homeless people in temporary accommodation: every figure in the chart, newest first.
Period	People	Of whom children under 16
31 July 2026	10,535	2,386
30 June 2026	10,339	2,227
31 May 2026	10,282	2,219
30 April 2026	10,376	2,252
31 March 2026	10,539	2,278
28 February 2026	10,581	2,283
31 January 2026	10,627	2,255
31 December 2025	10,605	2,292
30 November 2025	10,865	2,429
31 October 2025	10,818	2,503
30 September 2025	10,872	2,551
31 August 2025	11,029	2,597

New homes completed

1,190

April to June 2026

By housing associations: 214
By councils: 25
A year earlier: 1,228 (April to June 2025)

All new homes
By housing associations
By councils

New homes completed in Wales each quarter: all new homes, and those built by registered social landlords (housing associations) and by councils.

Completions rise and fall with the seasons, so each quarter is compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The figures are likely to be an undercount, because they leave out homes signed off by some private approved inspectors. Gwynedd sent no figures for 2025-26, and Bridgend none for July to September 2024 or April to June 2025. There are no quarterly figures for April 2020 to March 2022: the Welsh Government published only yearly totals for those two years. Completions by social landlords are not the same as the Welsh Government's count of additional affordable homes, which also includes homes bought or converted.

Source: Welsh Government, New dwellings completed by local authority, tenure, dwelling type and number of bedrooms. Accredited official statistics. Next update due in December 2026. Checked on 22 October 2026.

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New homes completed: every figure in the chart, newest first.
Period	All new homes	By housing associations	By councils
April to June 2026	1,190	214	25
January to March 2026	1,074	253	91
October to December 2025	1,811	278	1
July to September 2025	1,046	226	28
April to June 2025	1,228	195	23
January to March 2025	1,074	369	45
October to December 2024	1,275	231	90
July to September 2024	944	142	4
April to June 2024	1,345	315

3,530

2024-25

Total, 2021-22 to 2024-25: 12,463
A year earlier: 3,158 (2023-24)

Additional affordable homes counted towards the Welsh Government's target of 20,000 in the social sector for 2021 to 2026, each financial year. They include homes for social rent, intermediate rent and shared ownership, and homes leased for more than a year to house homeless families.

The Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 sets a new target: at least 20,000 additional social homes by 2030.

Source: Welsh Government, Measuring progress on the Welsh Government target of 20,000 additional units for rent in the social sector during 2021 to 2026. Accredited official statistics. Next update due in November 2026. Checked on 22 October 2026.

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Homes counted towards the 2021-26 social homes target: every figure in the chart, newest first.
Period	Wales
2024-25	3,530
2023-24	3,158
2022-23	3,212
2021-22	2,563

Month by month

Contributions tagged in each month of the Seventh Senedd. No sittings were held in August 2026.

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Month	Contributions
May 2026	6
June 2026	125
July 2026	51
August 2026	No sittings
September 2026	114
October 2026	112

How this brief is put together

This brief follows the Programme commitments listed above and tags the record with the phrases below. Keyword matching can miss business that discusses the issue in other words, and can tag a passing mention.

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A contribution is tagged when its English text contains one of these phrases. Capital letters don't matter, except in abbreviations, which must match exactly. It is also tagged when the title of the agenda item or question it was part of contains one, as long as the contribution is at least 30 words long. The brief is also tagged whenever one of its themes is.

Phrases for the brief as a whole

“housing”
“homes for”
“new homes”
“housing crisis”
“housing supply”

Not counted when part of

“care home”
“care homes”
“nursing home”
“nursing homes”
“children's homes”

Social housing

“social housing”
“social homes”
“council housing”
“council homes”
“housing association”
“housing associations”
“social rent”
“social landlords”
“social landlord”
“Unnos”
“low-carbon social homes”

Homelessness

“homelessness”
“homeless”
“temporary accommodation”
“rough sleeping”
“rough sleepers”
“Housing First”

Renting

“Renting Homes”
“private rented sector”
“private rented”
“private renters”
“renters”
“landlord”
“landlords”
“tenant”
“tenants”
“no-fault eviction”
“no-fault evictions”
“Rent Smart Wales”
“rent increases”
“rent controls”
“rent control”
“fair rents”
“right to adequate housing”

Not counted when part of

“social landlord”
“social landlords”

Second homes and holiday lets

“second home”
“second homes”
“holiday let”
“holiday lets”
“short-term lets”
“short-term holiday lets”
“council tax premium”
“council tax premiums”
“Article 4”
“182-day”
“182 days”
“self-catering”

Buying a home

“affordable housing”
“affordable homes”
“house prices”
“housing affordability”
“first-time buyers”
“first time buyers”
“mortgage”
“mortgages”
“Help to Buy”
“Help to Buy - Wales”

Building safety

“building safety”
“cladding”
“fire safety defects”
“unsafe cladding”
“remediation of buildings”
“building remediation”
“Grenfell”

Warmer, greener homes

“retrofit”
“retrofitting”
“Warm Homes”
“Nest scheme”
“Optimised Retrofit Programme”
“energy efficiency of homes”
“energy-efficient homes”
“energy efficient homes”
“Welsh Housing Quality Standard”
“damp and mould”

Abbreviations

“WHQS”

Planning

“planning system”
“planning permission”
“planning application”
“planning applications”
“local development plan”
“local development plans”
“Future Wales”
“National Development Framework”
“planning policy”
“planning authorities”
“planning reform”
“permitted development”
“Planning and Environment Decisions Wales”
“Development of National Significance”
“Developments of National Significance”

Abbreviations

“PEDW”

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