Council Housing Waiting Times

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Dear Leicester City Council,

Please can you provide me with the following information:

1) What is the average waiting time for a Band 3 applicant that requires a general needs one bedroom property during 2018/19 (Excluding applicants waiting for sheltered accommodation).

2) What is the longest duration that an active bidding Band 3 applicant requiring a one bedroom general needs accommodation has taken to secure a one bedroom property (Excluding applicants waiting for sheltered accommodation).

3) How many (if any) band 3 applicants have waited longer than two years from their initial application to secure a one bedroom property.

4) How many applicants that identify as LGBTQ+ have been housed by Leicester Council during 2018/19 (Excluding applicants waiting for sheltered accommodation).

5) Please could you provide current statistics regarding the amount of applicants in individual bands that are waiting for one bedroom general needs accommodation, i.e. How many applicants in band 1 are waiting for a one bedroom property, how many band 2 are waiting for a one bedroom property and so forth.

Yours faithfully,
Bob Dabb

info-requests, Leicester City Council

Website:                        [1]www.leicester.gov.uk       

E-mail:                            [2][Leicester City Council request email]   

Our Ref:                         FOI 18256

Date:                              24^th April 2019 

 

Bob Dabb

[3][FOI #570627 email]       

 

Dear Mr Dabb,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

 

Thank you for your email of 24^th April 2019 requesting information about
council housing waiting times.

 

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days. 

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Jemma Reading

Information Governance Assistant

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Dear Mr Dabb

 

Please find attached Leicester City Council’s response to your recent
Freedom of Information Act request.

 

Regards,

 

Pravina Chandarana

Information Governance & Risk

Email: [1][Leicester City Council request email]”

 

 

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