Evictions and Out-of-Area Rehousing of Council Tenants affected by Welfare Reform

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Dear Aylesbury Vale District Council,

Evictions and Out-of-Area Rehousing of Council Tenants affected by Welfare Reform

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,

William Barnett

Records, Aylesbury Vale District Council

Dear Mr Barnett

Thank you for your information request to Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC). Please accept our apologies for the delay in our response - this was due to staff sickness.

Please note that AVDC no longer owns any social housing stock. On 19 July 2006, the Council’s housing stock was transferred from AVDC to the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust (VAHT), a completely separate organisation. We do not hold the information you require therefore.

Their contact details can be found on their webpage as follows:

https://www.vaht.co.uk/contact-us

Kind regards

Francisca Harpur
Senior Support Officer
Business Support & Enablement
Aylesbury Vale District Council
The Gateway
Gatehouse Road
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP19 8FF

01296 585771

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