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Housing waiting lists
How many households are waiting for a council or housing association home, and how many have nowhere settled to live.
Hull City Council
Official government figures, 31 March 2025
On the waiting list
6,620
households on the housing registerA year earlier: 6,764
56.1
for every 1,000 households in the areaEngland: 54.4
Not coloured, because a list can shrink without anyone being housed. Councils set their own rules on who may join and remove people when they review the list.
Official government figures, 31 March 2026
In temporary accommodation
229
households in temporary accommodation1.9 per 1,000 households. England: 5.5▲ Better than England
256
children living in temporary accommodationin 123 households
47%
had been there six months or more108 households, 23 of them over a year. England: 76%▲ Better than England
- 47 households were in bed and breakfast, 6 of them with children
Official government figures, January to March 2026
Asking the council for help
986
households assessed in three months914 were owed help by law
3.8
in every 1,000 households were found to be homelessEngland: 1.8▼ Worse than England
31%
of homeless households had a home secured when the council's 56 days of help endedEngland: 35%
- 92 of 470 cases ended because the council lost contact with the household (England: 9%)
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Official government figures, 31 March 2025
On the waiting list
5,453
households on the housing registerA year earlier: 5,238
33.8
for every 1,000 households in the areaEngland: 54.4
Not coloured, because a list can shrink without anyone being housed. Councils set their own rules on who may join and remove people when they review the list.
Official government figures, 31 March 2026
In temporary accommodation
283
households in temporary accommodation1.8 per 1,000 households. England: 5.5▲ Better than England
208
children living in temporary accommodationin 118 households
58%
had been there six months or more165 households, 115 of them over a year. England: 76%▲ Better than England
- 22 households were in bed and breakfast, 3 of them with children
Official government figures, January to March 2026
Asking the council for help
419
households assessed in three months414 were owed help by law
1.0
in every 1,000 households were found to be homelessEngland: 1.8▲ Better than England
18%
of homeless households had a home secured when the council's 56 days of help endedEngland: 35%
- 28 of 269 cases ended because the council lost contact with the household (England: 9%)
The waiting list over ten years
Official government figures
| 31 March | Hull City Council | East Riding of Yorkshire Council | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,620 | 5,453 | 1,340,527 |
| 2024 | 6,764 | 5,238 | 1,330,602 |
| 2023 | 6,465 | 4,881 | 1,287,707 |
| 2022 | 8,979 | 7,256 | 1,214,724 |
| 2021 | 6,469 | 5,927 | 1,185,971 |
| 2020 | 4,867 | 6,556 | 1,137,234 |
| 2019 | 4,935 | 6,250 | 1,160,261 |
| 2018 | 6,852 | 6,337 | 1,126,173 |
| 2017 | 9,809 | 6,686 | 1,158,034 |
| 2016 | 8,274 | 6,133 | 1,184,750 |
| 2015 | 6,784 | 5,998 | 1,256,575 |
Households on each council's housing register. Sharp falls usually follow a council reviewing its list or changing who qualifies.
Reading these figures fairly
- The list is not the queue. Some households on a register are already housed and want to move. Some who need a home are not on it.
- Homelessness is driven by more than the council. Rents, evictions and benefit rules all push the numbers up. The figures show how many people asked for help and what happened next.
- Temporary accommodation here is mostly council homes. A stay in a council flat is not the same as a stay in a bed and breakfast, so the figures give both.
- A home "secured" means for six months or more. Households without one after 56 days may still be owed a home under a further duty.
- England includes London, where far more households are in temporary accommodation than anywhere else. Outside London the rate is roughly half the England figure.
What isn't published
How long people actually wait on the list before they are offered a home, by priority band or number of bedrooms. Neither council publishes it in these figures.