Dear Miss Smith

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST REF: 2017-0093

                                                                                                

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January 2017. For your information and future communications your request
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reference in any future correspondence.

 

We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
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respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Robin Yu

Information Governance and Management Officer

Shared ICT Service

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

 

Email: [1][email address] | Website: [2]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

 

 

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Dear Ms. Smith

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2017-0093

 

I am responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
which we received on 18 January 2017, for information held by the Council.
You
requested:                                                                                                                              

 

1) How many 2 bedroom flats have been let in the last 2 years?

Financial Year Number of Lettings
2014/2015 149
2015/2016 124
Total 273

TABLE 1: Number of lettings to 2 bedroom properties

 

2) How many of these properties were direct offers?

Type of Offer Number of Lettings
2014/2015 149
Choice Based Lettings 84
Direct Offer 65
2015/2016 124
Choice Based Lettings 30
Direct Offer 94
Total 273

TABLE 2: Number of lettings to 2 bedroom properties by type of offer

 

3)Please list all 2 bed properties let and the amount of points held by
the successful recipient.

Address Points
Hortensia House ,Hortensia Road 300
Dovehouse Street ,London 900
Hedgegate Court ,Powis Terrace 250
Wilsham Street ,London 350
Norland Road ,London 150
Grove House ,Chelsea Manor Street 300
141 Holland Road 300
62 Finborough Road 300
O'Gorman House ,King's Road 300
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 700
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 700
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 700
Whitstable House ,Silchester Road 250
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 100
Eton House ,28 Park Lodge Avenue 250
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 100
26 Lonsdale Road 900
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 300
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 700
60 Nevern Square 300
Kensington Park ,London 900
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 100
20 Kelfield Gardens 900
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 100
23 Powis Square 250
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 300
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 300
Caple House ,King's Road 250
Wiltshire Close ,London 300
Norland Road ,London 200
Clarendon Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 250
O'Gorman House ,King's Road 300
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 250
Winchester House ,Beaufort Street 250
45 Earls Court Square 900
Grenfell Tower ,Lancaster West Estate 250
Holland Road ,London 250
Samuel Lewis Trust,Ixworth Place 200
Peabody Estate ,Dalgarno Way 200
Vange House ,Sutton Way 200
Crosfield Court ,Cambridge Gardens 700
Terrace Court ,20 Webb Close 700
Northaw House ,Sutton Way 200
Peabody Estate ,Chelsea Manor Street 250
Robinson House ,Bramley Road 200
26 Longridge Road 200
Kensal House ,Ladbroke Grove 200
Whistler Tower ,World's End Estate 250
Nesbit Court 700
Barlby Road ,London 900
Markland House ,Darfield Way 250
232 Latimer Road 200
4 Adair Road 200
26 St. Charles Square 900
Lowerwood Court ,Westbourne Park Road 250
Greaves Tower ,World's End Estate 1600
93 Elm Park Gardens 250
Carton House ,St. Anns Road 900
Nottingwood House ,Clarendon Road 200
Pikemans Court ,72 West Cromwell Road 200
Lacland House ,Cremorne Estate 800
Dixon House ,Darfield Way 200
Firle House ,Sutton Way 200
Wiltshire Close ,London 150
Wiltshire Close ,London 150
Peabody Estate ,Dalgarno Way 150
Peabody Estate ,Dalgarno Way 150
Powis Gardens ,London 200
Adair Tower ,Appleford Road 200
Copperfield House ,St. Anns Road 1650
Ludwell House ,Russell Road 700
Nesbit Court 150
56 Warwick Road 200
36 Longridge Road 200
Westfield Close ,London 800
St. Ervans Road,London 200
Holmefield House ,Hazlewood Crescent 150
Trellick Tower ,5 Golborne Road 300
139 Portobello Road 150
56 Charterhouse Road 150
Gillray House ,Cremorne Estate 200
Hurstway Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 150
Kingsgate House,536 King's Road 700
Wiltshire Close ,London 150
St. Ervans Road,London 900
Gillray House ,Cremorne Estate 250
Balfour House ,St. Charles Square 750
79 Chelsea Manor Street 900
Atwood,Beckford Close 100
71 Wornington Road 150
Markland House ,Darfield Way 250
4 Lonsdale Road 150
68 Holland Road 200
Adair Tower ,Appleford Road 150
14-16 West Cromwell Road 150
Pollock House ,Kensal Road 300
Chelsea Reach Tower,World's End Estate 150
Albion Road ,Hayes 200
Wood End Way,Northolt 150
Whitstable House ,Silchester Road 150
Pickwick House ,St. Anns Road 150
Longshott Court ,76 West Cromwell Road 250
Norland Road ,London 100
Greaves Tower ,World's End Estate 150
Milman's House ,Cremorne Estate 150
Lacland House ,Cremorne Estate 150
41-43 Cornwall Crescent 150
Ground Floor ,13 Colville Terrace 150
Markland House ,Darfield Way 150
Gillray House ,Cremorne Estate 150
78 Chesterton Road 250
Coningham Court ,Ashburnham Road 900
Raymede Tower ,Treverton Street 150
Bruce House ,Bruce Close 200
12 Burrows Road 300
Upper Dartrey Walk,World's End Estate 150
Holmefield House ,Hazlewood Crescent 100
Edgcott,Sutton Way 150
Cheviot Road ,Worthing 100
Upper Clarendon Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 150
Trellick Tower ,5 Golborne Road 900
Upper Clarendon Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 150
Letchmore House ,Sutton Way 150
King Charles House,Wandon Road 150
40 Longridge Road 900
Elgin Crescent ,London 150
Peabody Estate ,Dalgarno Way 150
Peabody Estate ,Chelsea Manor Street 300
58 Warwick Road 300
Samuel Lewis Trust ,Ixworth Place 150
Whistler Tower ,World's End Estate 150
Craven Park ,London 150
Westbourne Park Road ,London 150
9-11 Oxford Gardens 200
Milman's House ,Cremorne Estate 1600
St. Ervans Road,London 150
Wiltshire Close ,London 150
Dacre House ,Beaufort Street 250
Evelyn Fox Court,2 Kingsbridge Road 100
Marley House ,St. Anns Road 150
Hurstway Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 150
41-49 Avondale Park Road 100
Aspen Lane ,Northolt 150
Walmer Road ,London 200
21 Colville Square 150
Hedgegate Court ,Powis Terrace 100
Chelsea Manor Court,Chelsea Manor Street 150
Lacland House ,Cremorne Estate 150
Talbot Grove House  ,Lancaster West Estate 150
2014/15 149
Peabody Estate ,Dalgarno Way 150
Edgcott,Sutton Way 100
Sarratt House ,Sutton Way 150
63 Chesterton Road 800
Halford Close ,Edgware 100
6 Cranley Gardens 150
15 Nevern Place 150
3-5 Colville Square 150
44-46 Longridge Road 150
Wiltshire Close ,London 150
Samuel Lewis Trust,Ixworth Place 100
Acklam Road ,London 150
Hurstway Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 150
Grove House ,Chelsea Manor Street 150
Whistler Walk ,World's End Estate 150
Shotley House ,Lockton Street 150
Testerton Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 250
Yarrow House South,Sutton Way 150
Appleford House ,Appleford Road 150
Whistler Walk ,World's End Estate 150
Longridge Road ,London 150
Dartrey Tower ,World's End Estate 150
Cambridge Gardens ,London 100
Samuel Lewis Trust,Ixworth Place 150
Peabody Estate ,Dalgarno Way 150
Upper Blantyre Walk,World's End Estate 100
Markland House ,Darfield Way 100
Crossways  ,19 Penzance Place 900
Clydesdale House ,Westbourne Park Road 150
Bathurst Gardens ,London 100
75 Elsham Road 900
Trellick Tower ,5 Golborne Road 150
205 Holland Park Avenue 950
205 Holland Park Avenue 150
74 Elm Park Gardens 150
Hazlewood Tower ,Golborne Gardens 150
Lowry Crescent ,Mitcham 150
25 Basing Street 150
Manchester Drive ,London 150
Hazeltree Lane ,Northolt 150
Archer House ,Portobello Court 150
Methwold Road ,London 100
205 Holland Park Avenue 1600
205 Holland Park Avenue 150
Samuel Lewis Trust,Ixworth Place 150
Pagham House ,Sutton Way 100
28 Russell Road 300
Whistler Walk 100
Chelsea Reach Tower ,World's End Estate 200
Testerton Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 150
Winterbourne House ,Portland Road 750
Quendon House ,Sutton Way 200
Carton House ,St. Anns Road 150
55 Avondale Park Road 150
Anson Terrace ,Northolt 150
St. Quintins House 700
99 Holland Road 150
Peabody Estate ,Chelsea Manor Street 300
Riley House ,Cremorne Estate 150
Hortensia House ,Hortensia Road 100
Grenfell Tower ,Lancaster West Estate 150
Brunel House ,Cheyne Walk 150
Testerton Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 200
Gillray House ,Cremorne Estate 150
Greaves Tower ,World's End Estate 150
11 Bonchurch Road 350
Holmefield House ,Hazlewood Crescent 150
Oakham House ,Sutton Way 100
Blenheim Crescent ,London 350
30 Fawcett Street 150
Dorrit House ,St. Anns Road 100
Dartrey Tower ,World's End Estate 100
120 Campden Hill Road 900
99 St. Ervans Road 200
Pollock House ,Kensal Road 150
Warwick Chambers ,Pater Street 100
120 Campden Hill Road 300
Whistler Tower ,World's End Estate 700
255 Ladbroke Grove 200
Hunter House ,326-342 Old Brompton Road 300
Lancaster Road ,London 200
Oakworth Road ,London 100
Pangbourne Avenue ,London 200
Ingelow House ,Holland Street 200
6 Cranley Gardens 950
205 Holland Park Avenue 900
Carton House ,St. Anns Road 400
Greaves Tower ,World's End Estate 200
Walnut Tree House ,58 Tregunter Road 900
Holmefield House ,Hazlewood Crescent 300
St. Anns Road,London 400
Colvin House 750
Samuel Lewis Trust,Ixworth Place 150
79 Chelsea Manor Street 200
53 Minet Avenue 300
55 Avondale Park Road 300
Blantyre Walk ,World's End Estate 300
Milman's House ,Cremorne Estate 200
Allom House ,Clarendon Road 300
Copperfield House ,St. Anns Road 900
205 Holland Park Avenue 750
24 Marlborough Road 150
Grenfell Tower ,Lancaster West Estate 150
Dartrey Walk ,World's End Estate 100
Shaftesbury ,135 Warwick Road 250
Grenfell Tower ,Lancaster West Estate 200
Lonsdale House ,Portobello Court 300
Barandon Walk ,Lancaster West Estate 300
97 St. Mark's Road 200
23-24 Tadema Road 900
Comber Close ,London 300
120 Campden Hill Road 900
Barlow House ,Walmer Road 900
Middle Dartrey Walk ,World's End Estate 1100
60 Nevern Square 900
74 Elm Park Gardens 900
113 Ladbroke Grove 100
Whistler Walk ,World's End Estate 900
Kensal House ,Ladbroke Grove 950
Allom House ,Clarendon Road 750
Octavia House ,Southern Row 150
Little London  Close,Middlesex 100
Clydesdale Road ,London 100
119 Shrewsbury Street 200
2015/16 124
Total Lettings 273

TABLE 3: Number of lettings to 2 bedroom properties with partial addresses
and points level

 

4) Please explain why there are seldom any 2 Bed properties on the choice
based letting website.

 

Rehousing Plan 2016

4. Overarching balance between statutory homeless and non-homeless
priority households

 

4.1. All remaining affordable social housing properties will be let
according to the following overarching principle:

 

i) 60 per cent of properties will be offered to duty accepted homeless
households using direct offers (as set out in section 7.2 of the Housing
Allocation Scheme), or via choice-based lettings. Any direct offer will be
suitable for the household.

 

ii) 40 per cent of properties will be made available to non-homeless
households through choice-based lettings, and via direct offers (as set
out in our Housing Allocation Scheme).

 

4.2. This overall split will apply to bed sizes at various proportions as
detailed in the table below and is dependent upon which sizes of property
become available to let each week.

 

No distinction will be made between different types of tenancies or
different tenancy lengths subject to any offer being in line with the
suitability recommendation for an applicant, and all properties will be
let in accordance with our Housing Allocation Scheme, the 1996 Housing Act
(as amended), and related statutory guidance.

TMO & Proposed Plan Groups to be prioritised

true void Registered Overall 60/40
Provider split

properties
Studios 50/50 Between statutorily homeless
households and other preference
and categories

One-beds
Two-beds 80/20 Weighted in favour of statutorily
homeless households
Three-beds 50/50 Between statutorily homeless
households and other preference
categories
Four-beds plus 50/50 Between statutorily homeless
households and other preference
categories

 

5) What is the criteria to be get a direct offer?

 

Housing Allocation Scheme 2014

 

7.2 Direct offers

Applicants who have qualified for the Housing Register have approached the
Council expressing a need to move. The Council has assessed and recognised
that need 37

and therefore considers that it is reasonable to make direct offers to
address that need.

In some circumstances, the Council will offer a property to an applicant
who has not

bid for it. This is called a „direct offer‟ and is designed to help a
household to find social housing if they need to do so urgently, or have
been unable to find a home themselves using choice-based lettings. Direct
offers will include offers to Affordable Rent tenancies. The Council has
the power to make direct offers to anyone registered on the Housing
Register.

For applicants who have applied as homeless on or after the 9 November
2012, the Council may discharge its homelessness duty with an offer of
private rented sector accommodation.

Direct offers will ordinarily be made to applicants with the highest
priority and where two or more applicants have the same priority, the
offer will be made to the applicant with the earlier priority date. Direct
offers may be made to anyone who has qualified on the Housing Register,
but in particular:

Households in emergency health and independence or other exceptional
priority whose severe needs mean that they are not readily able to bid.
Wherever possible, applicants will be encouraged to bid and to exercise
choice, but if reasonable direct offers are refused, their priority may be
reassessed and if they refuse two offers they will be subject to the
penalties described in section 7.4

Households with vacating homes priority may be made direct offers of
particularly suitable properties, including ground floor or new-build
properties most suited to their needs, to maximise the chances of them
moving. These applicants are under no obligation to accept any direct
offer and refusal will not adversely affect priority. Full support in
considering and making a move will be offered. However, under-occupying
Council tenants who have come to the end of their fixed term tenancy are
expected to accept a suitable offer of alternative accommodation. Please
refer to the Council‟s Tenancy Policy for further details on this point.

 

Households awarded redeveloping homes points, who have not bid
successfully within the period given to them, and where the Council has
begun legal action to recover their home. One reasonable direct offer will
be made.

 

Households awarded contractual duties points, who have not bid
successfully within six months of award of points. The Council will begin
legal action to recover their home, and will make one reasonable direct
offer.

 

Households with homeless points. Any direct offer made will constitute a
reasonable offer of housing; if the applicant refuses a reasonable and
suitable offer the Council will have discharged its homelessness duty to
the applicant and no longer owe a duty to provide housing. „Homeless‟
applicants will be advised of the implications of refusing a direct offer.
The Council may use direct offers to assist those households who have been
waiting the longest, or to move people from temporary accommodation that
needs to be vacated, or for other management reasons.

 

Households awarded at serious risk of harm points may be made a direct
offer to enable them to move as quickly as possible.

 

Sheltered housing applicants may be made a direct offer, particularly
those who may find it difficult or are unable to use the choice-based
lettings system.

 

Supported housing scheme applicants in our medium support services who
have a sufficient priority may be made a direct offer.

In all cases, the applicant should continue to bid under our choice-based
lettings scheme whilst waiting for a direct offer. Any direct offer will
meet your assessed need and be suitable for your occupation. Our decision
on suitability will be based on the information we have about you so it is
important that you inform us of any changes. A suitable direct offer to a
statutory homeless household will constitute our discharge of duty, which
will result in an eviction from any temporary accommodation that was
provided as part of that duty.

 

6) What are the nationalities of all recipients of 2 bed properties let in
the last 2 years

 

Although we do ask applicants to confirm their nationality and/or their
ethnic origin there is no requirement under the 1996 Housing Act for us to
confirm this, nor is it mandatory hence the incompleteness of our data in
this regards (42.63% of households have not supplied ethnic origin data).
For households with a high priority we do seek confirmation of their
eligibility for an allocation of social housing (under the terms of the
1996 Housing Act) however confirming an applicant’s nationality or ethnic
origin is not a useful characteristic when looking at these complex
eligibility issues. For these reasons we are only able to provide limited
nationality data and ethnicity data and we would warn against drawing any
conclusions from the figures.

 

Nationality Number of Lettings % of Total
EEA National 9 3.23%
Non-EEA National 42 16.52%
Other EEA National 13 4.05%
UK National 129 50.42%
UK National From Abroad 3 1.21%
Not Recorded 77 24.57%
Total 273 100.00%

TABLE 4: Number of lettings of 2 bedroom properties with Nationality
Details

 

7) Please state how many of these recipients are British born.

 

Ethnic Origin Number of Lettings % of Total
Asian or Asian British 7 2.82%
Black or Black British 35 13.30%
Mixed Ethnic Origin 17 6.07%
Other Ethnic Origin 62 23.04%
White British 32 12.14%
Not Indicated 120 42.63%
Total 273 100.00%

TABLE 5: Number of lettings of 2 bedroom properties with Ethnic Origin

 

Where the ethnic origin of a person or household is available it is
recorded on the Council’s Housing IT system by selecting one of the
pre-set options, British born is not one of these options for the reasons
already in mentioned in Q4.

 

8) Please state what is the average waiting time to be rehoused in a 2 bed
property under the choice based lettings system once accepted on to the
homeless register and placed in temporary accommodation.

 

Financial Year/Priority Number of Lettings Average Waiting Time
2014/2015 149 3 Years 4 Months
Duty Accepted Homeless 81 4 Years 4 Months
   Not Homeless 68 2 Years 3 Months
2015/2016 124 3 Years 8 Months
Duty Accepted Homeless 93 4 Years 2 Months
   Not Homeless 31 2 Years
Overall Average 273 3 Years 6 Months

TABLE 6: Number of lettings of 2 bedroom properties by Priority

 

Complaints

 

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handling of your request, the Council has an internal complaints process
for handling FOIA complaints. Complaints are reviewed by the Chief
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further right to appeal to the Information Commissioner who is responsible
for ensuring compliance with FOIA.  

 

Yours sincerely

 

Robin Yu

Information Governance and Management Officer

Shared ICT Service

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

 

mail: [2][email address] | Website: [3]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

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