Evictions and Out-of-Area Rehousing of Council Tenants affected by Welfare Reform
Dear Croydon Borough 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,
Charlotte Connor
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Dear Charlotte Connor,
Apologies for the delay in responding to your FOI request.
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We felt that your request need to be revisited.
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From: Information
Sent: 28 May 2019 12:49
To: Charlotte Connor <[FOI #459210 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Evictions and Out-of-Area
Rehousing of Council Tenants affected by Welfare Reform 8961
Dear Charlotte Connor,
Apologies for the delay in responding to your FOI request.
We are reviewing outstanding FOI requests with us.
We felt that your request need to be revisited.
Can you consider these options:
1) Wish your original request to be processed, as is;
2) Wish to submit a revised request;
3) Wish to withdraw your request entirely?
Could you respond to us within 14 days from the date on this email,
otherwise we will consider this matter closed.
Kind regards
Information Team
[1]cid:995D36CC-63D9-452C-921A-47E295D9BC0F
Law & Governance Division
Resources Department
7^th Floor, Zone C
Bernard Weatherill House
8 Mint Walk
Croydon CR0 1EA
[2][email address]
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