FOI: My Space Housing Solutions

Dear South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

To whom it may concern,

Please could you provide the following information, in relation to social housing provider, My Space Housing Solutions.

i) Does the local authority currently have any ongoing partnerships with My Space Housing Solutions?

ii) If so, how many individuals are currently tenants of properties managed by My Space Housing Solutions?

iii) What is the total financial cost of this to the local authority's housing budget?

iiii) How many of the tenancies being funded are classed as ‘voids’ or empty accommodation?

The second part of this request is in relation to an enforcement notice issued against My Space Housing Solutions in January 2023 (see link below).

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

The notice includes a direction to “advise the local authority that My Space has concluded that it does not provide Specialised Supported Housing for the majority of its tenants, despite the wording on My Space’s housing benefit/referral application stating that this was the case”.

2) i) Can you confirm whether the local authority has been made aware of this notice and the conclusion that My Space Housing Solutions does not provide Specialised Supported Housing , as stated above?

ii) If you are aware of this, what action is being taken to address it?

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Sinclair