Notices of private offers to homeless families
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
Dear Jo Staines,
Your Freedom of Information Request Ref: LBH/12384122
I acknowledge your request for information received on 07 April 2022.
This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and a response will be issued by 10 May 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Emily Lloyd
Feedback Team
HOMES FOR HARINGEY LIMITED Registered in England No. 05749092. Registered
Office: 48 STATION ROAD, WOOD GREEN, LONDON. N22 7TY
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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.
I hope that I have answered your request
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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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