Notices of private offers to homeless families

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Dear Haringey Borough Council,

We understand that the council have sent a number of homeless families in temporary accommodation notices from the "new Rehousing Team" stating that the council will work with the family to move them from temporary accommodation into the private rental sector.

Can you please provide the following:

1) a copy of the template letter(s)

2) the number of households in temporary accommodation who have been sent this letter

3) the number of households in temporary accommdoation who have not been sent this letter

4) any wirtten guidance or policy given to housing officers to help them decide how to select families for this scheme

Yours faithfully,

Jo Staines

Haringey Borough Council

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Dear Jo Staines,

 

Your Freedom of Information Request Ref: LBH/12384122

 

I acknowledge your request for information received on 07 April 2022.

 

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of Information Act 2000 and a response will be issued by 10 May 2022.

 

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HOMES FOR HARINGEY LIMITED Registered in England No. 05749092. Registered
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Dear Jo Staines

 

Thank you for your FOI.

 

A total of 2430 emails and letters were sent advising households of who
their new Rehousing or Lettings Officers are. A summary of this is below.

 

Count of CASE_REF mailout category
Officer dealing Broadwater Farm Love Lane extended (blank) Grand Total
Lettings email 2 23 460 485
Lettings letter   13 134 147
Re-housing email 3 88 1229 1320
Re-housing letter   34 444 478
Grand Total 5 158 2267 2430

 

In terms of your specific questions, you have asked  specifically about
the Rehousing Team who we will work with to assist them to move to settled
accommodation in the private rented sector.

 

Q. no. Q A
1 a copy of the template letter(s) Please see attached
2 the number of households in 1673 (1229 emails + 444 letters).
temporary accommodation who have 125 Love Lane households (not
been sent this letter included in that first figure) had
been included in initial mail out,
but then were sent follow-up
emails/letters and moved to
lettings team.
3 the number of households in All approved homeless households
temporary accommodation who have were sent emails/letters.
not been sent this letter Communication was sent on 25
March. According to TA0181 there
were 255 not-approved households
in Temporary Accommodation on that
date, so they would not be sent
the letters.

Advice Only 1
Contact lost 4
Decant Returning 1
Discharge of duty 51
Intentionally homeless 1
Management Transfer 6
No Contact 1
Not eligible/ no longer 43
eligible for assistance
Not homeless 43
Not Priority 2
Prevention 56 days expird 1
Referral to other borough 5
S198 - Refused 1
Under investigation 87
Withdrew Application 8
4 any written guidance or policy The procedures are still under
given to housing officers to development. However, broadly
help them decide how to select families whose homelessness post
families for this scheme dates the implementation of the
Localism Act have an assigned
Rehousing Officer.

 

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With best wishes

 

Yours sincerely

 

Leigh

Leigh Richman

Head of Lettings and Rehousing

 

Homes for Haringey

Housing Demand

6^th floor Alex House

10 Station Road

Wood Green

London

N22 7TY

 

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