Social Housing Stock & policy

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Dear Great Yarmouth Borough Council,

1. Please provide the current social housing stock data for properties in the Gt Yarmouth Borough Council data should include bed size & location?

2. The current number of applicants on the social housing list, data should include the bed size allocated for?

3. Council policy and allocation of social housing data for 2018:

The total number of applicants awarded properties?
The number of applicants that refused the first offer of housing?

The number of applicants suspended from the social housing register for refusing the first offer of housing?

The length of time of the suspension?

The number of applicants struck off from the social housing register for refusing the first offer of social housing?

The length of time the applicants are forbidden to access social housing register?

The number of applicants that refused the second offer of social housing?

The number of applicants suspended from the social housing register for refusing the second offer of housing?

The length of time of suspension?

The number of applicants struck off from the social housing register for refusing the second offer of social housing?

The length of time applicants are forbidden to access the social housing register?

4. The number of recorded house exchanges between social housing tenants in the Great Yarmouth borough

Yours faithfully,

Angela Morris

georgia.wells, Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Dear Angela Morris

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI-2019-312

 

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1. Please provide the current social housing stock data for  properties in
the  Gt Yarmouth Borough Council data should include bed size & location?

The HRA stock figures are as follows;

Dwelling Type              Number

1 Bed/Maisonette       1859

2 Bed                             2011

3 Bed                             1846

4 Bed                             66

5 Bed                             1

Total                               5783

 

This is the stock currently available and doesn’t include stock purchased
which is still currently undergoing renovation.

 

2. The current number of applicants on the social housing list, data
should include the bed size allocated for?

Total pointed on list 448

1 bed - 134

2 bed - 136

3 bed - 94

4 bed -67

5 bed - 12

6 bed - 3

7 bed -1

8 bed -1

 

3. Council policy and allocation of social housing data for 2018:

 

The total number of applicants  awarded properties?

 

LA 313

Housing Assoc 91

Total 394

 

The number of applicants that refused the first offer of housing?  169
this is in total, we cannot differentiate of this is 1^st or 2^nd offer.

 

The number of applicants suspended from the social housing register for
refusing the first offer of housing?  0 as we do not suspend from the
register as application is closed and emphasis is on the customer to make
a new applications after the 12 months.

 

The length of time of the suspension? 12 months

 

The number of applicants struck off from the social housing register for
refusing the first offer of social housing? This information is not
available.

 

The length of time the applicants are forbidden to access social housing
register? 12 months

 

The number of applicants that refused the second offer of social housing?
As above

 

The number of applicants suspended from the social housing register for
refusing the second offer of housing? As above

 

The length of time of suspension? 12 months but not suspended –
application is cancelled and customer has to re-apply after 12 months.

 

The number of applicants struck off from the social housing register for
refusing the second offer of social housing? To my knowledge this info is
not available.

 

The length of time applicants are forbidden to access the social housing
register? 12 months

 

4. The number of recorded house exchanges between social housing tenants
in the Great Yarmouth borough? 62 mutual exchanges

 

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Georgia Wells

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Great Yarmouth Borough Council

 

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