Social housing and Right-to-Buy sales Data Request

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Wychavon District Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Wychavon District Council,

My name is Suraj Rajesh, and I am a second-year economics student at the University of Warwick.
 
I am a research assistant for a research project conducted by Professor Ludovica Gazze and Professor Thiemo Fetzer at the University of Warwick. As part of the project, I am studying the evolution of the Council's social housing stock.
 
I found the available data on aggregate social housing stock and Right-to-Buy sales at the local authority level. However, more detailed information would greatly assist in answering my research question. Therefore, I hereby submit a Freedom of Information request. I would like access to more detailed data, i.e. at a finer geographical level, on social housing stock and Right-to-Buy sales in the Council area for the period 1980-2021.
 
Ideally, the data would follow the following format:
Variable of interests: Properties sold under Right-to-Buy and Social/Council housing stock
Geographical unit: As granular as possible (e.g. full postcode or full address)
Time unit: As granular as possible (e.g. Date)
Period covered: As large as possible between 1980 and the present time.
Area Covered: As large as possible (e.g. all properties managed by the Council at any point in time)
Additional information, if possible: discount applied, property valuation, actual sale price, number of bedrooms, or other characteristics.
File format: .xlsx (Excel) or .csv
 
For indicative purposes, the following data format is expected:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6bmchrwqb5wt9l...
 
Thank you for your time in considering my request.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Suraj Rajesh,
Economics student at the University of Warwick

Freedom Of Information - WDC,



Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) request.

 

We will endeavour to respond within the 20 working days statutory time
limit however; during the current unprecedented situation it may not
always be possible. 

Please bear with us at this time and avoid chasing a response unless the
matter is urgent or the 20 working days timescale has passed. 

Samantha Dawson,

Dear Suraj Rajesh

 

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) request to
Wychavon District Council.

 

Please find below all the information that we hold on the information you
have requested.

 

On 3rd Oct 1994 large voluntary transfer of our housing stock was made
 between Wychavon District Council and Evesham and Pershore Housing
Association Ltd - £40, 958,860.00

We do not hold any information on the right to buy element of your
request, you will need to contact the relevant Housing Associations
directly, a list of our rental providers can be found here on our website:
[1]https://www.wychavon.gov.uk/housing/hous...

 

I trust this answer’s your enquiry.

 

If you have any concerns about the way your request has been dealt with,
please contact Meesha Patel, Director of Legal and Governance at Wychavon
and Malvern Hills District Councils to request an internal review in the
first instance ([2][email address])

 

If following the review you remain unhappy with the way in which your
request has been dealt with you have the right to refer the matter to the
Information Commissioner.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Phone: 0303 123 1113 Website:
[3]www.ico.gov.uk

 

Regards,

 

Samantha Dawson

Legal Officer

 

Malvern Hills District Council and Wychavon District Council

The Council House

Avenue Road

Malvern

WR14 3AF

 

Working Days: Tuesday to Friday 9am to 3pm

Email: [email address]

 

 

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