Dear Mr Boyle

 

Thank you for your Information Request received on 11 October 2019.

 

REQUEST:

 

 1. Over the past twelve months, how many people have been evicted from
local authority property?

 

 2. Over the past twelve months, how many evicted people have been
licensees?

 

 3. Over the past twelve months, how many evicted people have been
tenants?

 

 4. Over the past twelve months, how many evicted tenants have had their
personal property disposed of by the local authority?

 

 5. Over the past twelve months, how many evicted tenants have had their
personal property stored by the local authority?

 

 6. Over the past twelve months how many evicted ex-licensees have had
their personal property stored by the local authority?

 

 7. Over the past twelve months how many evicted ex-Council licensees have
had their personal property stored by the local authority?

 

 8. Please provide details of the average cost of storing an evicted
persons personal property?

 

 9. Please provide details of the average length of time that evicted
persons have their personal property stored by the local authority
over the past twelve months?

 

10. Under what circumstances does the local authority protect the personal
property of evicted persons?

 

11. Under what circumstances do the local authority dispose of the
personal property of evicted persons?

 

12. Under what legal basis does the local authority dispose of the
personal property of evicted persons?

 

13. Please detail when the local authority started disposing of evicted
persons personal property seven days after eviction?

 

14. Please disclose any policy documents or guidance issued to housing
officers regarding disposing of personal property left behind by
ex-Council tenants in Council property?

 

15. Please disclose any policy regarding evictions?

 

16. Please provide copies of any Equality Impact Assessments which were
carried out when formulating the policies in 14 and 15.

 

17. Please detail over the past three years, the number of complaints that
have been made by evicted persons because of the Council’s disposal of
their personal property?

 

 

RESPONSE:

 

 1. 11

 

 2. 3

 

 3. 11

 

 4. 2

 

 5. 0

 

 6. 5

 

 7. 0

 

 8. £200

 

 9. 7 days

 

10. Households approaching as homeless may apply for assistance to store
goods, Section 211 Housing Act 1996.

 

11. Property is disposed at the expiry of Term of Tenancy/ expiry of TORT
notice, or by the storage company if unpaid/uncollected, or by written
notice is given to the tenant.

 

12. Expiry of TORT notice / failure to collect belongings.

 

13. Arun District Council does not record this information therefore the
information you have requested is not held for the purposes of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

14. •             Housing Officers must make an inventory of any property
left behind;

•             Issue a TORT notice

•             Take an inventory for former tenant

•             Make contact with tenant wherever possible to arrange
collections

•             Pass to voids officer once notice has expired and belongings
not collected

 

15. Please see the attached pdf files.

 

All Housing Documents can be found at the following link:

 

[1]https://www.arun.gov.uk/housing-documents/

 

 

16.  Please see attached pdf file – Anti-Social Behaviour Policy.

 

17.  1

 

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can write asking for a review of the Council’s response,
within the next two months, to the Information Management Team at: Arun
District Council, Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, West
Sussex, BN17 5LF (email [2][Arun District Council request email]).

 

If, having exhausted our review procedure, you remain dissatisfied with
the handling of your request or complaint, you will have a right to appeal
to the Information Commissioner at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF (telephone: 0303
123 1113; website [3]www.ico.org.uk).  There is no charge for making an
appeal.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Information Management Team

Arun District Council

 

 

 

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