{"metric":"bb_families_over_six_weeks","title":"Families in B&Bs beyond the six-week legal limit","topic":"housing","unit":"households","measure_type":"stock","geography":"E92000001","comparison_method":"same_quarter_previous_year","latest":{"period_start":"2026-01-01","period_end":"2026-03-31","period_label":"2026 Q1","value":1000,"status":"provisional","vintage":"2026-08-13"},"source":{"publisher":"MHCLG","publication":"Statutory homelessness in England: detailed local authority tables","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-january-to-march-2026","sheet":"TA1","table":"Table TA1: households in temporary accommodation at the end of the quarter","row":"ENGLAND","column":"Households in B&Bs including shared annexesWith children and resident more than 6 weeks","raw_value":"1000","file_url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a82ee2c92ec93e1e0329a7f/Statutory_Homelessness_Detailed_Local_Authority_Data_202603.ods","file_sha256":"f77eebd761455169626dc04c70f45177b11704999a6094384b59f37fa56d1881","release_date":"2026-08-13","release_label":"January to March 2026 (provisional)"},"definition":"Households with children (or a pregnant woman) that have been resident in bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks at the end of the quarter. The law — the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003 — says B&B accommodation is not suitable for these households at all unless no alternative exists, and then for no more than six weeks; every household in this count is one the legal limit has already passed for.","does_not_measure":"Whether any individual placement is lawful — a council can be within the law while the stay is awaiting review — nor families in other unsuitable accommodation types. Small counts are suppressed per council, so council figures can be missing where the national figure is not.","links":{"page":"/housing/bb-families-over-six-weeks","series":"/api/metrics/bb_families_over_six_weeks/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/bb_families_over_six_weeks/vintages"}}