Hunch. The National Housing Federation pledged on 25 October only to identify 'potential' homes and bedspaces, and named no date for a count.
The homes market resolves on the National Housing Federation news page and GOV.UK: YES if by the end of 24 December 2026 either gives a number of 2,000 or more homes and beds found for people leaving the street, and NO if the number is lower or no number appears. BBC News and The Guardian are the backups.
We looked for cases where a government or mayor in Britain or Ireland promised that, by a named date, everyone sleeping rough would be offered a place to stay, or that rough sleeping would end. We found seven such promises from 2008 to 2020, five in England and two in Ireland. One was met on time, in Dublin in 2014.