Housing Needs within the Borough

The authority would like to / has responded by postal mail to this request.

Dear Brent Borough Council,

1. How many suitable TA units have you available for disabled people in
the Borough -
2. How many people with a disability made an application and how many were put in suitable accommodation
3. How many homes in your Borough are not up to decent homes standard - temporary
accommodation and properties in Council ownership?
4. How many landlords have been fined for not providing compliant property
for residents - both for temporary accommodation properties and or
privately rented, over last 18 months
5. Please list the 5 largest fines and landlords who have been fined -
for temporary accommodation properties and privately rented over the last 18 months
6. Please can you tell me what is the highest nightly/ monthly cost of temporary accommodation in your borough by each of the following typologies:
a. B&B
b. HMO
c. Hostel
d. Foyer
e. Hotel
f. Self-contained private rented

7. Please can you tell me how you are funding your funding shortfall in temporary accommodation cost in 2019,
and projected spend and shortfall for :
2020
2021
2022
8. Please can you tell me:
1. How many properties are currently used in your borough for temporary accommodation?
2. How many properties used in temporary accommodation are leased at the nightly rate?
3. What are the 5 largest temporary accommodation schemes in your borough (by number of units and by total number of occupants)?
4. What is the TA breakdown by headcount occupying the following typologies:
a. B&B
b. HMO
c. Hostel
d. Foyer
e. Hotel
f. Self-contained private rented
g. Out-of-borough
10. Please can you tell me ,what are the additional management fees payable in your borough for temporary accommodation for
- Nightly
- Weekly
- Monthly
- ASTs
- Long leases
Are there any other associated costs with renting properties other than rent and management fees?
What incentives are you paying to landlords to secure short and long term leases?

11. Please can you tell me your 3 year forecast in the borough for:
1. temporary accommodation numbers expected to be housed
2. percentage projected growth in people becoming temporarily homeless
3. social housing applicants
4. percentage growth projection in social housing applicants
5. number of projected socially rented properties required
6. percentage increase in number of socially rented properties
7. How many affordable properties and currently in planning and potentially going to get build to meet your demand
8. How many TA applicants are housed out of Borough

Yours faithfully,

Shane ONeill

Housing Needs,

Information request
Our reference: 13682852

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Dear Mr. Oneill
 
Thank you for your information request. We will forward it to the
relevant department who will contact you shortly.
 
Brent Council
Brent Civic Centre
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Wembley HA9 0FJ
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Andrea McGovern,

Information request
Our reference: 13682852

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Dear Mr. ONeill
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 13 August
2019, as follows:

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Information request
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Dear Shane ONeill,
 
Please find attached response to the information request.
Yours sincerely,
Munir Lala
Performance Analyst
Housing Needs