Standing view · housing · Herefordshire, County of
deteriorating, held with strong confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Households in temporary accommodation with children in Herefordshire rose to 66 in the first quarter of 2026, when 180 initial assessments were carried out, 180 households were owed a prevention or relief duty and 53 were owed a prevention duty. Rents were broadly flat: a two-bedroom home cost £767 a month in March 2026 and £761 in April, and a home with four or more bedrooms £1,326 in May. The average house price was £290,136 in April.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Herefordshire, County of. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Households in temporary accommodation with children | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Initial assessments | 2026-Q1 | — |
| Owed a prevention or relief duty | 2026-Q1 | — |
| Prevention duty owed | 2026-Q1 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |