Evictions and Out-of-Area Rehousing of Council Tenants affected by Welfare Reform
Dear Swansea Council,
I am seeking information about the potential impact of central government welfare reform policies on eviction rates and geographical displacement of households with council housing tenancies. My information request relates to three welfare reform policies:
- Under-Occupancy (also known as Removal of Spare Room Subsidy / Bedroom Tax)
- The Benefit Cap
- Universal Credit roll-out
I understand that under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 there is a duty to assist and advise the requester. I would appreciate your advice if you think my request needs any clarification in order to get the information that I am looking for, or if it would exceed the cost limit in its present form.
1. Please provide an annual breakdown since April 2010 of the total number of unique council tenancies - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - that have been evicted due to the non-payment of rent arrears.
2. For each year of this annual breakdown since April 2013, please disclose how many of these evicted households - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - had at some point been affected by:
a. Under-occupancy
b. Under-occupancy and the Benefit Cap
c. Under-occupancy and the Benefit Cap and Universal Credit roll-out
3. How many of the evicted households affected by a, b, or c - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - went on to make a successful homelessness application to the local authority?
4. Of these successful homeless applications, please disclose how many households - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - were placed in temporary accommodation in a different local authority area and disclose the destination local authority area in each case.
Yours faithfully,
Amy Sutcliffe
Diolch am eich cais Rhyddid Gwybodaeth. Amgaeir llythyr cydnabyddiaeth.
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please find attached a letter of acknowledgement.
Jane Davies
Swyddog Cefnogi Gwella Gwasanaeth
Service Improvement Support Officer
Adran Cynllunio Busnes
Business Planning Division
01792 635045
[email address]
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We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English correspondence to the same standards and timescales.
Dear Amy Sutcliffe,
I am writing to ask you to clarify your Freedom of Information request.
This is because we are not sure that we have understood your request
correctly in order to identify and locate the information. Therefore I
should be grateful if you would clarify what you mean by a “successful
homeless application?”
Regards
Rachel Cole
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Rachel Cole
Uwch Swyddog
Gwasanaethau
Cwsmeriaid a Chyfathrebu
Senior Customer Services and Communications Officer
( 01792 635045
* [2][email address]
To receive this information in an alternative format, or in Welsh please
contact the above.
I dderbyn yr wybodaeth hon mewn fformat arall neu yn Gymraeg, cysylltwch
â’r person uchod.
References
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2. mailto:[email address]
Dear Ms Sutcliffe,
Please find attached a response to your Freedom of Information request.
Regards
Rachel Cole
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Rachel Cole
Uwch Swyddog
Gwasanaethau
Cwsmeriaid a Chyfathrebu
Senior Customer Services and Communications Officer
( 01792 635045
* [2][email address]
To receive this information in an alternative format, or in Welsh please
contact the above.
I dderbyn yr wybodaeth hon mewn fformat arall neu yn Gymraeg, cysylltwch
â’r person uchod.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.swansea.gov.uk/
2. mailto:[email address]
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