Homelessness rates remain high, council says
PA MediaHomelessness in North Tyneside remains high, a council report has said.
According to latest figures, North Tyneside Council received almost 2,300 "presentations" from people needing help to find accommodation in the last 11 months, at a rate of 227 a month.
While that was slightly down on 2024-25, it remained consistently an issue and was adding pressure to council resources, the council's secure sub committee report said.
The main reason for homelessness was someone having been asked to leave by family, the report added.
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the rates of homelessness presentations to the local authority were:
- 2,742, or 228 per month, in 2023-24
- 3,002, or 250 per month, in 2024-25
- 2,277, or 227 per month, in 2025 to date
The average length of stays in temporary accommodation fell from from 121 days in 2023-24 to 54 days in the latest period, while the number of families in temporary housing dropped from 132 to 100.
'High demand on services'
"Homelessness remains high, both nationally and across North Tyneside, reflecting the impact of the wider housing market," the council's report said.
"There continues to be high demand on services, with a limited supply of suitable homes for people to move to, which continues to have an impact on expenditure for temporary accommodation," it added.
The complexity of cases also continued to increase, the report said.
The report comes months after North Tyneside Council agreed to assess the true scale of women sleeping rough with a census to be carried out.
Previous research found female rough sleepers were more likely to avoid visible sleeping spots and spend nights in hospital waiting rooms, buses, or trains, therefore masking the actual scale of the issue.
