CLG does not hold information on the number of households who, following repossession, apply to their local authority for housing and are found intentionally homeless.
CLG issued supplementary guidance to local housing authorities in August on how they should exercise their homelessness functions, and apply the various statutory criteria, when considering whether applicants who are homeless having lost their home because of difficulties in meeting mortgage commitments are intentionally or unintentionally homeless. This guidance reminded authorities about the correct questions they must ask when deciding whether a former homeowner has become homeless intentionally.