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Good afternoon

Thank you for your request of the 9th January 2024 regarding the number of
people on the waiting list for social housing as of 31st January 2023.
Having considered your request, I am able to provide you with the
following information.

• As at 31/01/2023 there were 2,759 households on the Council’s housing
list, split across three registers.

┌────────────────────────────────┐
│Housing list for social housing │
│as at 31 January 2023 │
├────────┬────────┬────────┬─────┤
│Housing │Housing │Transfer│ │
│Register│Options │Register│Total│
│ │Register│ │ │
├────────┼────────┼────────┼─────┤
│ 674 │ 1699 │ 386 │2759 │
└────────┴────────┴────────┴─────┘

• The waiting time for homes let (across all three registers) between 01
January 2023 and 31 December 2023 was follows.

Type / Size No. of Shortest wait Longest wait Average wait
Lets
Sheltered accomm. 32 3 weeks 19 months 3 months
1-bed general needs 47 11 days 28 months 7 months
1-bed bungalow 36 13 days 7 years 11 months
2-bed flat or 22 3 weeks 18 months 8 months
maisonette
2-bed house 22 5 months 22 months 10 months
2-bed bungalow 64 6 weeks 4 years 10 months
3-bed flat or 1 11 months 11 months 11 months
maisonette
3-bed house 12 7 months 21 months 13 months
3-bed bungalow 3 3 weeks 16 months 9 months
4-bed 1 29 months 29 months 29 months

• We have 55 applicants, including partners of UK armed forces veterans
who were on the Housing list on the 31^st January 2023.

• A total of 66 female Housing applications are linked with domestic
abuse being recorded as the reason they need to move or reason for
being homeless.

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further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.

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with the council.

Yours faithfully

Wendi

Wendi​​​​ Creelman
Service Development Officer Housing Opt
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