Leicester Council Housing

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Dear Leicester City Council,

Could you please answer each of the following questions individually:

1) How many Band 3 applicants requiring a general need one-bedroom property (Excluding applicants waiting for sheltered accommodation) have secured a property during 2019?
2) During 2018-2019 there were only four band 3 applicants (according to a previous response for Freedom of information) that waited longer than 2 years to secure a one bedroom property, could you please advise the reason why these applicants waited longer than two years whilst others secured properties in less time and why currently applicants like myself that are band 3 have waited longer than 2 years?
3) Can you please advise how may Band 3 applicants that are awaiting a one-bedroom property (Excluding applicants waiting for sheltered accommodation) are ever able to secure a property under Leicester Councils current allocation policy? For example, Band 1 and Band 2 always take priority, therefore how do Band 3 applicants ever manage to secure a property?
4) Please could you advise why when looking through previous property lists there never seems to be a band 3 applicant being offered a property even though according to Leicester Councils previous statistics from a freedom of information act there were 88 properties let to Band 3 applicants during 2018/19
5) Please could you advise why there are still many properties that are “awaiting allocation” on the previous property list months after bidding ended?
6) Please advise how the average waiting time for a general need accommodation, (excluding sheltered accommodation) was calculated from Leicester Council to be 6 months when it appears to be much longer than the 6 months average wait that is currently displayed for Band 3 applicants.
7) Please could you inform me the how many LGBT applicants are awarded priority in each banding for a one-bedroom general needs accommodation? For example, how many LGBT applicants are given Band 1, Band 2, Band 3?
8) Could you please attach a copy of the "who gets social housing dashboard" that is relevant to band 3 applicants, for example, where band 3 applicants are more likely to get social housing quickest etc.

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 19112

Date:                               28^th August 2019

 

Mr Bob Dabb

[3][FOI #600007 email]

 

Dear Mr Dabb,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

 

Thank you for your email of 27^th August 2019 requesting information about
Leicester council housing.

 

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

 

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Baljeet Kaur

Information Governance Apprentice

Information Governance and Risk

Legal Services

4^th Floor, Rutland Wing

City Hall

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info-requests, Leicester City Council

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Dear Mr Dabb

 

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

 

Regards

 

Information Governance & Risk Team

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

 

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